Trump wrote on Wednesday by Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that Mamdani had requested a meeting and that they “agreed that this meeting will take place in the Oval Office” this Friday. “We have agreed that this meeting will take place in the Oval Office on Friday, November 21. More details to follow!” Dora Pekec, a spokesperson for the mayor-elect, confirmed the meeting in a statement, saying, “As is customary for an incoming city administration, the mayor-elect plans to meet with the president in Washington to discuss public safety, economic security, and the affordability agenda that more than one million New Yorkers voted for just two weeks ago.” Mamdani told reporters on Monday that his team had contacted the White House to propose a meeting as part of a promise to voters to “address the affordability crisis that is driving so many of them out of the city” and that Trump's economic policies were contributing to the high cost of living in New York. The meeting between Trump and Mamdani would end months of acrimony between the two New Yorkers, who engaged in constant media attacks. campaign.

Trump used Mamdani as a target of his attacks, attempting to link his political ideology with that of Democrats across the country and ridiculing him as “my little communist.”

He also threatened before the election to withdraw federal funding from New York City if Mamdani won.