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Trump brushes off Mamdani's despot comment: "I've been called much worse"

While at the White House on Friday, a reporter asked New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani about a moment in his victory speech where he called President Trump a "despot." Mr. Trump shrugged off the remark, saying, "It's not that insulting." Political strategists Tiffany Smiley and John McCarthy join with analysis.
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