The post-election show of unity between President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani masks ideological gaps that could soon surface, retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell told Newsmax on Saturday.
Trump hosted Mamdani at the White House on Friday for a meeting that took place without apparent conflict despite their radically different worldviews.
Mamdani, a Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidate who won the city’s mayoral race this month, has pledged major changes on housing and policing, while Trump has promised a tougher federal posture on sanctuary-style cities.
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