WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump mentioned he’ll meet New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on the White Home on Friday (Nov 19) in what can be the primary assembly of the Republican chief with the democratic socialist who won this month’s mayoral election.
Mamdani and Trump have been vital of one another, with Trump having backed Mamdani’s opponent, Andrew Cuomo.
Mamdani, for his half, has been vital of the Trump administration’s insurance policies, together with its crackdown on immigration and on protests in opposition to US assist for Israel in the course of the Gaza struggle.
“We have now agreed that this assembly will happen on the Oval Workplace on Friday, November twenty first,” Trump mentioned on social media on Wednesday.
Mamdani instructed reporters earlier this week that his group had reached out to the White Home to rearrange a gathering.
A Mamdani spokesperson mentioned on Wednesday the mayor-elect deliberate to satisfy Trump in Washington “to debate public security, financial safety and the affordability agenda”.
