Treasury Secretary Joins In On Mamdani Lovefest, Calls Him The Clear 'Leader' Of Democrats
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Scott Bessent also praised President Trump for being "open-minded" for inviting the New York City mayor-elect to the White House.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sang praises of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday following the surprisingly cordial meeting with President Trump on Friday at the White House.
Appearing on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Bessent made positive remarks about Mamdani after co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin said he was curious to hear the treasury secretary’s reaction to the meeting that took place after Trump and Mamdani traded public barbs at each other for months.
Bessent, who said he attended the meeting between the democratic socialist and Trump, told Sorkin, “You’ve got to have some admiration for a candidate who ran a campaign the way he did... It was a great, great campaign.”
Declaring that Mamdani is “clearly the leader of the Democratic Party now,” Bessent continued, “and I think it speaks to how open-minded the president is that he invited him into the Oval [Office].”
Bessent, a Republican, argued that Trump “wants the best for New Yorkers” before slyly sliding in a jab against Mamdani, calling him “a young man with a lot of old ideas that have never worked.”
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