New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani reacts throughout a “New York is Not For Sale” rally at Forest Hills Stadium, within the Queens borough of New York Metropolis, U.S., October 26, 2025.
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President Donald Trump mentioned on Wednesday night time that he’ll meet with New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on the White Home on Friday.
The assembly comes on the request of Mamdani, a democratic socialist who surprised the U.S. political world in June by beating former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo within the Democratic mayoral main, after which cruising to victory over Cuomo once more within the normal election this month.
Trump on the final minute endorsed Cuomo within the normal election and threatened to withhold federal funds from New York if the 34-year-old Mamdani received.
“Communist Mayor of New York Metropolis, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has requested for a gathering,” Trump mentioned in a Reality Social put up on Wednesday during which he once more falsely claimed that Mamdani is a communist.
“We’ve got agreed that this assembly will happen on the Oval Workplace on Friday, November twenty first. Additional particulars to observe!” the Republican president wrote.
Mamdani’s spokesperson, Dora Pekec, in a press release, mentioned, “As is customary for an incoming mayoral administration, the Mayor-elect plans to fulfill with the President in Washington to debate public security, financial safety and the affordability agenda that over a million New Yorkers voted for simply two weeks in the past.”
Mamdani, throughout an interview on MS Now’s “All in with Chris Hayes,” mentioned that when he meets with Trump, “I wish to simply communicate plainly to the president about what it means to really rise up for New Yorkers, and the way in which during which New Yorkers are struggling to afford town.”
“Price of residing is one thing that I heard time and time once more from New Yorkers about why they voted for Donald Trump,” Mamdani mentioned.
“And that is one thing that’s solely continued in the previous few months of this 12 months, the place we’re listening to about baby care issues, lease issues, Con Ed issues, even simply getting on the bus.”
