'Great meeting': Key takeaways from Trump-Mamdani White House meeting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "I shared with the president in our meeting about the concerns that many New Yorkers have of wanting their tax dollars to go towards the benefit of New Yorkers and their ability to afford basic dignity," he said.
43% : United States President Donald Trump and New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani held surprisingly cordial talks in the White House on Friday, defying expectations of a potentially tense meeting between the Republican billionaire and the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist.
33% : Major schisms have appeared in the Republican party and the Trump MAGA movement in recent days and weeks - notably over the Epstein files scandal and over US support for Israel.
31% : It is the first known occasion that Israel has been accused of genocide in Gaza within the walls of the White House, even if from an opponent of the current administration.
23% : Asked by a reporter about previous comments he had made about the US government's complicity in Israel's assault, including the current administration, Mamdani didn't shy away from reiterating this criticism - despite an awkward-looking Trump sitting silently next to him.
20% : One topic which which raised the spectre of creating a more awkward, confrontational atmosphere between Trump and Mamdani was Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.

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