‘Bad policies, but good people’: Donald Trump on New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani

President of the United States Donald Trump New popular names appeared to be mentioned on Wednesday Zoran Mamdani in his speech. Even though Mamdani serves as mayor of New York City and has sharp ideological and political differences with Trump, he has been endorsed by the US president.During his State of the Union address, Trump mentioned Mamdani from the podium and said: “The policies are terrible, but the people are great.”Trump called Zoran Mamdani a “communist” but also called him a “good guy,” adding that he spoke to him “often.”Trump said in his 2026 State of the Union address, “…even the new communist mayor of New York City. I think he’s a good guy. Bad policies, but good people. He just said they want people to shovel snow.” But if you apply for this job, you need to show two original IDs and a Social Security card. Yet they do not hope to gain the greatest privilege of them all—to vote in America…”At the same time, it was the longest State of the Union address by any president since the American Presidency Project began keeping records in 1964.The comments came as Trump urged Congress to pass an election bill called the “Save America Act.” The legislation would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections and introduce a photo ID voting requirement.