Newsweek is reporting that President Donald Trump visited New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion on Monday, where an hourlong private meeting gave way to warm public remarks and discussion of developing Sunnyside Yard in Queens.
It said Mamdani stated the city and the White House would deepen discussions over a plan for 12,000 homes and 30,000 jobs. Trump sounded intrigued, saying, "Maybe they have a shot at doing it," according to Newsweek.
Newsweek said the meeting came after two men who spent much of the past year describing each other as dangers to the republic looked comfortable discussing zoning. It described the encounter as an oddly New York peace treaty, saying that after months of ideological artillery, everybody met at the property line.
In a separate item, Newsweek is reporting that Trump's new force has no budget, no powers and no statute, while the five it collides with have all three.
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