‘Do you affirm that Trump is fascist?’: American journalist asks Mamdani in front of US President
Washington DC: While the meeting between the new Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani and US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday proved to be unexpectedly warm and friendly, American media made sure the leaders were reminded of their hostility spanning weeks.
Mamdani was cornered by a journalist asking him if he affirmed that Trump was a fascist, as he had called the President barely a day prior to the meeting. Ironically, Trump came to the Mayor’s rescue, intervening and telling Mamdani, “That’s ok. You can just say yes. That’s easier. It’s easier than explaining.”
Further, Trump said that Mamdani was rational and might surprise some conservative people. The President stressed that he would be happy with an excellent performance by the Mayor and everyone would help him make dreams come true.
Mamdani called the personal meeting with the President as very productive and added that both of them shared admiration and love for New York City.
Concurring with the new Mayor, Trump said, "We have one thing in common. We want this city of ours that we love to do very well.”
The leaders, however, were seen taking potshots at each other, as 34-year-old Mamdani calling Trump "bad landlords... taking advantage of their tenants" and Trump calling him a “communist lunatic.”
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
