Trump sets the date for his first meeting with Mamdani.. Will the confrontation begin?
US President Donald Trump on his platform "Truth Social" He will meet the elected socialist mayor of New York Zahran Mamdani Tomorrow, Friday, in the Oval Office.
He wrote Trump: "Mayor’s request New York The Communist, Zahran Mamdani, meeting, we have decided that this meeting will be in the Oval Office on Friday, November 21"
Mamdani’s spokeswoman, Dora Bicek, confirmed the meeting and said in a statement: "As is customary for any new mayoral administration, the city’s mayor-elect plans to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington to discuss public safety, economic security and the affordability agenda that more than a million New Yorkers voted for just two weeks ago."
Mamdani, the mayor of the largest city in the United States who comes from the left wing of the Democratic Party and opposes the Republican president, said that he is ready, as soon as he is elected in November, to talk to Donald Trump about "Cost of living" Which is at the heart of Americans’ concerns.
Deep differences between Trump and Mamdani
Although Trump and Mamdani grew up in Queens, New York, their commonalities end there.
While Trump frequently praises the record gains Wall Street has achieved during his presidency, Mamdani’s view of the economy extends beyond the financial markets of midtown Manhattan to the affordability crisis facing a city of more than 8 million people.
/>As the first New York mayoral candidate to receive more than 1 million votes since 1969, Mamdani campaigned on pledges to provide affordable housing and child care, as well as free city bus rides, among other things.
Experts have questioned Mamdani’s ability to achieve these utopian, wide-ranging goals.
Threat to cut funding to New York
An anti-immigrant Trump mocked Mamdani’s family name, which dates back to the South Asia, and threatened to cut off federal funding for New York if he was elected to head the largest city in the United States.
Trump said in one of his recent statements "Mandami, whatever his name is"intentionally mispronouncing the family name of the Muslim politician born in Uganda.
Mamdani did not back down from his stance against Trump, and criticized him during an election rally earlier this month.
He said to his supporters: "Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have something to say to you: Turn up the volume".
Later, White House spokeswoman Carolyn Leavitt confirmed that the president watched Mamdani speak.
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