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(170,723 posts) Sun Apr 19, 2026, 04:10 AM Yesterday

Obama meets Mamdani in New York City before reading to preschoolers

Source: ABC News/AP

April 18, 2026, 4:17 PM

Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time on Saturday at a child care center where they read to preschoolers and led a singalong.

The meeting comes as Mamdani, a democratic socialist who marked his 100th day in office just over a week ago, is also trying to build a working relationship with Republican President Donald Trump.

Obama and Mamdani did not take questions after reading the book “Alone and Together” to the children and leading a singalong of “The Wheels on the Bus.”

The former two-term president and standard-bearer for the Democratic Party has offered to be a sounding board for Mamdani, 34, whose star power, youth and progressive agenda has made him stand out in Democratic politics.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-meets-mamdani-new-york-city-reading-preschoolers-132173679

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Obama meets Mamdani in New York City before reading to preschoolers (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Can you imagine Dimwitted Donnie reading to preschool kids? Dr. T Yesterday #1

"I doubt the kids would know the words to YMCA by the Village People." BumRushDaShow Yesterday #2

This Easter Danascot 23 hrs ago #3

Dr. T

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1. Can you imagine Dimwitted Donnie reading to preschool kids?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:23 AM

Yesterday

He would go off script and start babbling about being unfairly persecuted and Joe Biden and electric boats and whatever feather-brained thought popped into his empty soulless head, leaving the kids confused, scared and crying.

Sing along? I doubt the kids would know the words to YMCA by the Village People.

BumRushDaShow

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2. "I doubt the kids would know the words to YMCA by the Village People."

Reply to Dr. T (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:31 AM

Yesterday

let alone what "YMCA" (or "YWCA" ) means.

Danascot

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3. This Easter

Reply to Dr. T (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:22 AM

23 hrs ago

trump told little kids at the WH Easter egg roll that his autograph could be sold on ebay for $25,000, that Biden used the autopen and rambled about Iran and Venezuela.

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