NYC Mayor Mamdani meeting with Trump in White House
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is slated to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon in the White House with housing reportedly on the agenda, sources confirmed to the Daily News.
The mayor traveled to Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning. The D.C. meeting, and the mayor’s travel, was not advised and did not appear on his public schedule.
The two planned to speak in part about building housing in the five boroughs, The New York Times reported — an area of particular interest to the president, who first established himself in the city’s real estate industry.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump and the mayor first met in November, shortly after Mamdani’s general election victory. The meeting was shockingly cordial: Despite their many political disagreements, Trump spoke glowingly of the then-mayor-elect and said he’d be “cheering” for him.
Since that meeting, the two have stayed in contact, including over text. In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump again praised Mamdani, though with a caveat.
“I speak to him a lot. Bad policy, but nice guy,” Trump said.
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