The president said the democratic socialist asked for a meeting with him.
President Donald Trump announced he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday, marking the first meeting between the president and the democratic socialist who won the mayoral election earlier this month.
Before the mayoral election, Trump endorsed Mamdani's opponent, Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who ran as an independent, and threatened to cut federal funding for the city if Mamdani, the official Democratic nominee, were to win.