WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump stated he’ll meet New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on the White Home on Friday (Nov 19) in what can be the primary assembly of the Republican chief with the democratic socialist who won this month’s mayoral election.
Mamdani and Trump have been important of one another, with Trump having backed Mamdani’s opponent, Andrew Cuomo.
Mamdani, for his half, has been important of the Trump administration’s insurance policies, together with its crackdown on immigration and on protests in opposition to US help for Israel through the Gaza warfare.
“We’ve agreed that this assembly will happen on the Oval Workplace on Friday, November twenty first,” Trump stated on social media on Wednesday.
Mamdani informed reporters earlier this week that his workforce had reached out to the White Home to rearrange a gathering.
“My workforce reached out to the White Home to fulfil a dedication I made to New Yorkers over the course of this marketing campaign,” Mamdani stated on Monday.
Mamdani’s transition workforce didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Trump’s publish on Wednesday.
