US president said ‘we’ll work something out’ in reference to meeting with the New York City mayor-elect
Donald Trump has signaled that he may soon meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, telling reporters that Mamdani “would like to meet with us”, adding, “we’ll work something out” despite being political polar opposites who have shared sharp words for each other previously.
“He would like to come to Washington and meet, and we’ll work something out,” the US president said late on Sunday, referring to Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist and former state assemblymember who won the New York City mayoral election earlier this month. “We want to see everything work out well for New York.”
Mamdani’s representatives did not respond for comment on Monday morning about Trump’s remarks, but in an interview with NBC last week, Mamdani said that he planned to reach out to the White House as he prepares to take office “because this is a relationship that will be critical to the success of the city”.
“I will be proactive in the work that I do” Mamdani said. “And I think that is because of the responsibility that I hold to eight and a half million people of being their mayor, it is important that you are open to working with anyone, no matter what disagreements you may have.”
