New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump for the first time Friday.
Friday will mark the first time that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump will meet face to face following a war of words between the two leaders throughout Mamdani’s campaign and election.
And while Trump announced the meeting with an insult against the progressive Democrat’s policies, Mamdani has maintained that he is looking forward to the White House meeting to discuss his agenda, including tackling a „national crisis of affordability.“
„I’m not concerned about this meeting. I view this meeting as an opportunity for me to make my case“, Mamdani told reporters Thursday at a news conference.
Trump announced the meeting on Wednesday night on social media, repeating the „communist“ label he’s been using against Mamdani, who is a member of the Democratic Socialist group, and putting his middle name, Kwame, in quotes.
Trump told reporters on Sunday that he was going to „work something out“, and meet with the mayor-elect in Washington.
„We want to see everything work out well for New York“, he told reporters.
Ahead of the meeting, Robert Wolf, a former UBS executive who is close with former President Barack Obama, said on X that he had a Zoom call with Mamdani Thursday „discussing recent economic news and his upcoming meeting with President Trump.
