2026年4月18日 / 美国东部时间下午6:28 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
前总统巴拉克·奥巴马于周六首次会晤纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼，二人在一家托儿中心为学龄前儿童朗读读物并带领合唱。
此次会晤之际，身为民主社会主义者的曼达尼也在尝试与共和党籍总统特朗普建立工作关系。这场会晤距曼达尼就任满100天仅过去一周多一点。
奥巴马与曼达尼为孩子们朗读《孤独与相伴》一书，并带领合唱《公交车上的轮子》后，未接受记者提问。
据市长办公室发布的新闻稿，两位领导人讨论了市长的纽约市愿景以及幼儿教育的重要性。
“很高兴与纽约市最可爱的人们共度时光，”奥巴马在X平台上发帖称。“感谢@纽约市长给我机会一展我最棒的《公交车上的轮子》合唱。”
这位曾连任两届的民主党总统标准旗手表示愿为34岁的曼达尼提供咨询。曼达尼凭借其明星效应、年轻形象和进步主义议程，在民主党政坛中脱颖而出。
曼达尼于今年1月就职，其竞选活动核心是将纽约市打造成更宜居的地方，他的政策重点是将政府的庞大权力重新聚焦于帮助该市挣扎求生的工薪阶层。
去年11月选举日前几天，奥巴马与曼达尼通了电话，当时其他一些民主党大佬对这位民主社会主义者持谨慎政治态度。
曼达尼此次会晤奥巴马之前，已于去年11月和今年2月两次在白宫与特朗普总统会面，讨论影响纽约市的相关议题。
尽管有过这些友好会晤，但二人的关系近期已显现紧张迹象。特朗普周四在Truth Social平台发帖称，曼达尼的税收政策正在“摧毁纽约”，并威胁要削减该市的联邦 funding。
曼达尼本周在《CBS晨间新闻》中表示，他与特朗普“保持联系”，且“坦诚地直面我们存在诸多分歧这一事实”。
“我们有一个共识点，那就是我们都热爱纽约市，”曼达尼在《CBS晨间新闻》中说道。
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/former-president-obama-joins-mayor-mamdani-at-nyc-child-care-center/
Obama meets Mamdani in New York City ahead of a preschool reading event
April 18, 2026 / 6:28 PM EDT / CBS/AP
Former President Barack Obama met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time on Saturday, where they read to preschoolers and led a sing-along at a child care center.
The meeting comes as Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is also trying to build a working relationship with Republican President Trump. The meeting comes just over a week after Mamdani marked his 100th day in office.
Obama and Mamdani did not take questions after reading the book “Alone and Together” to the children, and leading a sing-along of “The Wheels on the Bus.”
The two leaders discussed the mayor’s vision for New York City and the importance of early childhood education, according to a news release from the mayor’s office.
“Great spending time with New York City’s Cutest,” Obama said in a post on X. “And thanks to @NYCMayor for giving me an excuse to break out my best ‘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.
Mamdani took office in January after a campaign centered on making New York City a more affordable place to live, centering his agenda on refocusing the vast power of government toward helping the city’s struggling working class.
Days before the election in November, Obama and Mamdani spoke over the phone as some other major Democrats took a cautious political approach when it came to the democratic socialist.
Mamdani’s meeting with Obama comes after he has already met twice with President Trump at the White House in November and February to discuss issues affecting New York City.
Despite those friendly meetings, their relationship has shown signs of strain recently, with Mr. Trump posting on Truth Social Thursday that Mamdani was “DESTROYING New York” with his taxing policies and threatened to pull federal funding for the city.
Mamdani told “CBS Mornings” this week that he and Mr. Trump “are in touch” and are “honest, direct about the fact that we have many disagreements.”
“There is one place of agreement that we have, which is that we both love New York City,” Mamdani told “CBS Mornings.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/former-president-obama-joins-mayor-mamdani-at-nyc-child-care-center/
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