In a flip of occasions, President Trump says he now has plans to fulfill with New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) in Washington, D.C.
“The mayor of New York, I will say, would like to meet with us and we’ll work something out,” Trump informed reporters Sunday evening, seemingly referring to Mamdani and never present Mayor Eric Adams (D).
“But he would like to come to Washington and meet, and we’ll work something out,” Trump added. “We want to see everything work out well for New York.”
Mamdani beat out former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Republican Curtis Sliwa within the New York Metropolis mayoral election earlier this month.
Trump’s announcement got here after he and Mamdani had publicly butted heads. The president, who endorsed his ex-foe Cuomo within the New York mayoral race, repeatedly falsely referred to Mamdani as a “communist.” Mamdani has denied being a communist.
In September, Trump threatened to withhold funding from New York Metropolis ought to the self-proclaimed democratic socialist win the race.
Trump, a New York native, additionally vowed that Mamdani would face “problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.”
Mamdani took goal at Trump throughout his victory speech on the Paramount Theater on Nov. 4, declaring, “Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.”
He additionally referred to as Trump a “despot” who has “betrayed” the nation in his deliverance.
A supply informed The Hill that Trump didn’t attain out to Mamdani within the hours following his win.
Talking with Fox Information the day after the election, Trump revealed that he apparently didn’t take Mamdani’s pictures calmly.
Deeming Mamdani’s speech “very angry,” Trump informed the outlet, “I think he should be nice to me. I’m sort of the one that has to approve a lot of things coming to him, so he’s off to a bad start.”
Noting that it’s a “very dangerous statement for him to make,” the president added, “He has to be a little bit respectful of Washington, because if he’s not, he doesn’t have a chance of succeeding. And I want to make him succeed.”
Trump then clarified, “I want to make the city succeed, I don’t want to make him succeed.”
