Trump to meet NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani after calling him a ‘communist’

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00:00President Trump says he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani at the White House

00:07tomorrow. He isn't exactly rolling out the red carpet using a Truth Social post to say the

00:13meeting was at, quote, Communist Mayor Mamdani's request, as he prepares to take over as the leader

00:19of the nation's largest city. A spokesperson for Mamdani says it's customary for New York's

00:25incoming mayor to sit down with the president, and he says Mamdani plans to press Trump on public

00:30safety, economic security, and the affordability agenda that more than a million New Yorkers voted

00:36for two weeks ago. The meeting comes after months of tension. Trump has been openly critical of

00:41Mamdani ever since he defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, even

00:47threatening to withhold federal funding if Mamdani won the mayor's race.