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Mamdani Hosts Trump at Gracie Mansion Ahead of UN Meeting

Major networks halted pool coverage after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico, and the outlets filed a federal lawsuit.

  • On Monday, President Donald Trump appeared at Gracie Mansion with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, where the president's disoriented behavior drew comparisons to a wandering World Cup trophy presentation.
  • CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox News, and CNN announced a joint suspension of pool coverage following the president's ban of several outlets, prompting a federal lawsuit against the administration.
  • Trump claimed the country has "$21 trillion pouring in" and labeled MSNBC as "MSDNC," asserting that news outlets have an obligation to be fair.
  • Historians and legal scholars have called the president's media restrictions "textbook authoritarianism," citing them as threats to national security and democratic norms.
  • Defending his actions, Trump claimed an "obligation not to let fake news" into the White House, describing it as the "most special of all houses.
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Mamdani hosts Trump at Gracie Mansion ahead of UN meeting

(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met at Gracie Mansion on Monday, telling reporters at a press conference after the closed-door meeting they discussed housing, immigration and the Big Apple's cost of…

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Sippetto in press at the end of the meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani. The mayor of New York claims in front of the president: "Here are all the representatives of the media" . Trump catches the ball and replies with an arrow: "They said they would boycott me, but they never do it." Then he indicates the audience of journalists and adds: "Look how much press there is." In the background there is the case of the ban imposed by the W…

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(Agenzia Vista) New York, September 22, 2026 "It's interesting because they said they would boycott me, but they never boycott me. So I wasn't very worried about it. Look at all this press." So the President of the United States Donald Trump in press conference with the mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani in Gracie Mansion. Courtesy: Nyc Mayor Source: Agenzia Vista / Alexander Jakhnagiev

·Rome, Italy
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On Monday, the US President met with the New York mayor on housing shortages in the metropolis, reaffirming Trump's decision to deny access to the White House to major US media such as CNN.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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