Running New York City must be boring and complicated, because Mayor Mamdani wants to do something else, such as running our foreign policy. Yes, he is sticking his nose in the State Department's business. Let's check this out:

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A senior official in Communist New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration tried to hold an official meeting with the Iranian regime’s ambassador to the United Nations.

Commissioner Ana María Archila, head of the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, had scheduled the meeting for July 7 at 11 a.m. at 2 United Nations Plaza with Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the UN.

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Two other senior officials from the office were also set to attend, according to calendar invitation screenshots reviewed by City Journal and confirmed by multiple sources, including a State Department official.

The meeting was called off only after the U.S. State Department, which had not been informed in advance, stepped in and met with the Mamdani administration to “clarify acceptable conduct,” according to City Journal.

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Archila reportedly did not even tell Mamdani she had arranged the sit-down. She was later reprimanded and ordered to cancel it.

A spokesperson for the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs issued the predictable damage-control statement: “This meeting did not and will not take place.”

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Well, we are happy to hear that it will not take place. Nevertheless, how arrogant can the mayor's staff be? Why try to arrange a meeting with Iran anyway? Is that where their loyalties lie?

My guess is that we will see more incidents like this in the future, especially when running New York City proves more difficult on the job than during the campaign. The mayor's policies are already controversial and it's only a matter of time before people realize that his election was one giant mistake. There won't be free buses or "bodegas"!

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So the mayor needs to find another audience, especially given the anti-Israel sentiments in his party. Also, he will try to become the voice of the Third World, particularly given his views on illegal immigration. Don't be surprised if he starts attending "migrant conferences" around the world looking for something to do after failing to do the job he was elected to do.

Zohran, citizen of the world? Yes, that's the goal.

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