After calling him a 'communist,' Trump will meet Mamdani in the Oval Office Friday
(NPR) President Trump will meet with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday afternoon in the Oval Office, marking the first time the two will be face-to-face.
While previous incoming New York City mayors have met with sitting presidents, Mamdani and Trump have already clashed prior to this meeting. Trump has repeatedly sought to paint Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic socialist, as too radical and extreme for the city that the president long called home. In the president's announcement of the meeting on Truth Social, Trump called Mamdani a "communist."
It's a narrative that Mamdani has firmly pushed back on, vowing to carry out his agenda focused on lowering the cost of living.
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