By CNBC
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday night that he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday.
The meeting comes at the request of Mamdani, a democratic socialist who stunned the U.S. political world in June by beating former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary, and then cruising to victory over Cuomo again in the general election this month.
Trump at the last minute endorsed Cuomo in the general election and threatened to withhold federal funds from New York if the 34-year-old Mamdani won.
“Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has asked for a meeting,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday in which he again falsely claimed that Mamdani is a communist.
“We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st. Further details to follow!” the Republican president wrote.
Mamdani’s spokesperson, Dora Pekec, in a statement, said, “As is customary for an incoming mayoral administration, the Mayor-elect plans to meet with the President in Washington to discuss public safety, economic security and the affordability agenda that over one million New Yorkers voted for just two weeks ago.”
