The president’s Oval Office meeting with New York’s incoming leader is not open to the press.

Trump, 79, frequently invites reporters into the Oval Office for a front-seat view as he sits down with U.S. and world leaders, but, according to his schedule, the media was barred from his first meeting with Mamdani, the Democratic socialist 45 years his junior.

Their first face-to-face comes after Trump lobbed a series of nasty attacks on the political upstart who mounted an underdog campaign and went on to win the race to lead the largest city in the U.S.

Trump has blasted Mamdani as a “communist lunatic” and “not very smart.” He falsely accused him of being in the country illegally, threatened to arrest him, and warned that he would cut off money to New York if he won.

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      I call my cat Bubba. So that means I’ve got him on his back and my face blowing raspberries in his tummy. That’s the Bubba treatment

      This past few weeks have been awkward for me

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        I’ve never, ever had a cat that I would even think about putting my face anywhere near their belly. You are a brave person with an awesome cat.

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          It’s all him. He’s amazing. I can do anything to him and he’s like “yes please, oh that’s nice.” He likes his ass slapped… like hard. I can play him like a bongo. He will get up on the arm of the couch with his ass up and a look like “do it! Spank me meow!”

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            Ngl I read this comment in my inbox and thought it was supposed to be an impression of Trump talking about Mamdani.

            Totally forgot about the cat.