Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani mentioned Monday he desires to satisfy head to head with President Trump to debate methods the 2 leaders can work collectively for the great of town.
The incoming mayor confirmed that his employees has reached out to the White Home to open traces of communication with Trump’s group and that he hopes to debate methods to make NYC extra inexpensive.
“I made a commitment … to meet with anyone and everyone so long as it was to the benefit of the 8-1/2 million people that call the city their home, and so long as it would help to address the affordability crisis that is pushing many out of them out of this city,” Mamdani mentioned after serving meals to New Yorkers at a Bronx meals pantry.
Mamdani vowed to press Trump to keep away from reducing off Supplemental Vitamin Help Program (SNAP) meals advantages like he did throughout the latest authorities shutdown.
“The president ran a campaign where he (promised) to deliver cheaper groceries, promised to reduce the cost of living (but) we are seeing his actions and that of his administration in Washington leading to the exact opposite,” Mamdani mentioned. “I will go to make the case to the president and to anyone, frankly, that these are the kinds of things we need to change.”
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press convention on the Roosevelt Home on the Higher East Facet of Manhattan on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Barry Williams/ New York Every day Information)
No date has been set for any assembly.
Trump urged Sunday that Mamdani had already agreed he “would like to meet” with Trump and predicted that they might “work something out.”
“We want to see everything work out well for New York,” Trump mentioned.
Agreeing to take a seat down with Mamdani would quantity to a significant reversal for Trump, who has derided Mamdani as a “communist” who would destroy New York together with his radical coverage platform.
He additionally threatened to deport Mamdani, an immigrant from Uganda who’s a naturalized American citizen, and to yank all federal funding from town, which might be a legally doubtful transfer.
Mamdani, for his half, rose from a state meeting seat to turn out to be a social media star largely because of his message of resistance to Trump together with making town extra inexpensive for working folks.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters earlier than boarding Air Drive One as he departs Palm Seaside Worldwide Airport in West Palm Seaside, Florida, on Nov. 16, 2025. (Picture by JIM WATSON/AFP through Getty Photos)
The democratic socialist championed an array of progressive insurance policies which are diametrically against the aggressive, anti-immigration agenda Trump has rolled out in his second White Home time period.
Mamdani in his victory speech mentioned he wished New York to point out the nation the best way to defeat the president. However the day after, whereas talking about his plans for “Trump-proofing” New York as soon as he takes workplace in January, the incoming mayor additionally mentioned he was keen to work with anybody, together with opponents like Trump, if it could assist town.
