donald trump Zohran Mamdani jihadist remark elise stefanik

US President Donald Trump brushed off the “jihadist” label used by Republicans for New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, saying after their meeting that he found him “very rational,” even as a senior GOP leader earlier posted on X that “if he walks like a jihadist, talks like a jihadist, campaigns like a jihadist and supports jihadists, he’s a jihadist,” creating a sharp contrast between Trump’s stance and his party’s rhetoric.