President Donald Trump established a clear upper hand in his Oval Office meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, while positioning himself to work with the incoming mayor while also protecting federal and state interests, New York State Assemblyman Jake Blumenkrantz told Newsmax on Saturday.
“Any executive in a place like President Trump needs to understand his enemy,” Blumenkrantz, a Republican serving with Mamdani in the state assembly, said on Newsmax’s “The Count.”
“[Trump] needs to know who the individual is that he has to be working with and at points working against,” he added. “He will have to hold the purse strings, and he needs to operate.”
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