'Mamdani Asked, We Agreed': Trump To Meet NYC Mayor-Elect At White House On Friday

US President Donald Trump has stated that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will meet him at the White House on Friday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran “Kwame” Mamdani, has asked for a meeting. We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st. Further details to follow!”

The US President, who had sharply criticised Mamdani during the campaign, warned before the November 4 election that Mamdani’s victory would be a “complete and total economic and social disaster” for the city.

Mamdani, in a fiery victory speech, challenged Trump and his renewed immigration crackdown, declaring that New York would be powered by immigrants and now “led by an immigrant.”

He added, “After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.”

He continued, “This is not only how we stop Trump; it’s how we stop the next one. So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.”

Trump dismissed the address as a “very angry” speech and said Mamdani is off to a bad start if he cannot show respect for Washington. When asked if he would initiate contact, Trump said Mamdani “should reach out to us really. I think he should reach out. I’m here. We’ll see what happens. But I would think that it would be more appropriate for him to reach out to us… because I would like to see the new mayor do well, because I love New York. I really love New York.”

He again labelled Mamdani a “communist,” adding, “Communism or the concept of communism has not worked. I tend to doubt it’s going to work this time.”

Mamdani, the first South Asian and Muslim elected as Mayor of New York City, defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa and independent Andrew Cuomo, who was endorsed by Trump shortly before the vote. Born in Kampala to filmmaker Mira Nair and professor Mahmood Mamdani, he moved to New York at age seven and became a US citizen in 2018.