Zohran Mamdani, who ran for mayor of New York City in part on a promise to stand up to President Trump, will meet with the president at the White House on Friday, weeks before taking office. Mr. Trump announced the meeting on social media on Wednesday night, saying that Mr. Mamdani had asked for it and labeling him incorrectly as the “Communist Mayor of New York City.” Mr. Mamdani is a democratic socialist.
Mr. Mamdani, who has fiercely criticized the president’s immigration policies and threats to cut federal funding to the city, confirmed the meeting in a statement. He said in an interview on MS NOW on Wednesday night that his team had reached out to speak to Mr. Trump about New Yorkers’ concerns.
“I want to just speak plainly to the president about what it means to actually stand up for New Yorkers and the way in which New Yorkers are struggling to afford this city,” Mr. Mamdani said.
You just know that this meeting with Trump is making Mamdani stans nervous, especially when word has it that the NYC mayor-elect is already walking back some campaign promises after getting guidance from political insiders. Then too is the fact that a city (no matter how large) mayor only has so much power at their disposal. There's also Mamdani (to his fans chagrin) recently choosing to bring back NYPD commish Jennifrer Tisch and the fact that NY's current governor (who'll play a huge part in Mamdani's proposed policies getting through) Kathy Hochul is in a tight race poll-wise with Elise Stefanik for who's going to be the next governor of the state. In other words, it's already looking like all the pre-election hyperbole about Mamdani turning NYC into a 'communist-state' if he wins, might have been overblown.
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