President Donald Trump announced that he plans to receive New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Friday, marking the first face-to-face meeting between the two politicians since the Democrat was elected earlier this month.

Trump wrote on Wednesday by Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that Mamdani had requested a meeting and that they “agreed that this meeting will take place in the Oval Office” this Friday. “We have agreed that this meeting will take place in the Oval Office on Friday, November 21. More details to follow!” Dora Pekec, a spokesperson for the mayor-elect, confirmed the meeting in a statement, saying, “As is customary for an incoming city administration, the mayor-elect plans to meet with the president in Washington to discuss public safety, economic security, and the affordability agenda that more than one million New Yorkers voted for just two weeks ago.” Mamdani told reporters on Monday that his team had contacted the White House to propose a meeting as part of a promise to voters to “address the affordability crisis that is driving so many of them out of the city” and that Trump's economic policies were contributing to the high cost of living in New York. The meeting between Trump and Mamdani would end months of acrimony between the two New Yorkers, who engaged in constant media attacks. campaign.

Trump used Mamdani as a target of his attacks, attempting to link his political ideology with that of Democrats across the country and ridiculing him as “my little communist.”

He also threatened before the election to withdraw federal funding from New York City if Mamdani won.

For his part, Mamdani addressed the president directly in his victory speech moments after winning the mayoral race this month, joking: “Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn up the volume!”

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