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The mayor’s press office said the meeting will take place at Gracie Mansion and “will focus on issues affecting New York City and New Yorkers.”
Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, rose to national prominence after winning New York City’s 2025 mayoral election. He has emerged as a top leader amid the Democratic Party’s leftward shift, and Monday’s meeting will be the latest tete-a-tete between the two political adversaries.
Trump himself has maintained an unusually cordial relationship with Mamdani — whom he actively worked against during the mayoral race — despite his own party’s attempts to attack the mayor. A native New Yorker, the president has hosted Mamdani at the White House twice for surprisingly friendly meetings.
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