{"id":72107,"date":"2026-04-18T20:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/obama-mamdani-sing-wheels-on-the-bus-with-bronx-kids-during-first-joint-appearance-video\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:59:46","slug":"obama-mamdani-sing-wheels-on-the-bus-with-bronx-kids-during-first-joint-appearance-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/obama-mamdani-sing-wheels-on-the-bus-with-bronx-kids-during-first-joint-appearance-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama, Mamdani sing \u2018Wheels on the Bus\u2019 with Bronx kids during first joint appearance: video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former President Barack Obama<\/a> and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met for the first time Saturday to read and sing with children at a Bronx childcare center, and to discuss the mayor’s vision for the city.<\/p>\n

Video showed the two leaders laughing, reading children’s books and performing their rendition of “Wheels on the Bus” at the Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx.<\/p>\n

The pair also met with families and discussed\u00a0Mamdani\u2019s\u00a0vision for the city<\/a>, according to the mayor’s office, stressing the importance of “giving\u00a0New York\u2019s Cutest have the strongest start possible.”<\/p>\n

SOCIALIST MAYOR MAMDANI BACKS HOCHUL IN MOVE THAT COULD RESHAPE NEW YORK GOVERNOR RACE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

While Obama had not met Mamdani<\/a> in person prior to Saturday’s visit, the former president called the self-proclaimed socialist shortly before his election and offered to be his sounding board, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Mamdani marked his 100th day in office less than a week ago, vowing to create five government-run grocery stores<\/a> by the end of his first term on Jan. 1, 2030, falling in line with promises made during his campaign.<\/p>\n

MAMDANI GRILLED ON WHETHER HIS SOCIALISM PLATFORM WILL WORK OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Recent polls showed 48% of his constituents approve<\/a> of Mamdani’s job so far, while 30% disapprove and 23% are unsure, FOX 5 New York reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In terms of direction, 56% of residents said they liked where the city was headed under Mamdani, an improvement from the 31% who said the same in October, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Elaine Mallon contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met for the first time Saturday to read and sing with children at a Bronx childcare center, and to discuss the mayor’s vision for the city. Video showed the two leaders laughing, reading children’s books and performing their rendition of “Wheels on the Bus” … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}