New York’s new mayor ‘ready’ for high-stakes Trump meeting
New York’s incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was “ready for whatever happens” when he meets US President Donald Trump in Washington Friday, stressing their shared desire to tackle the cost of living.
Trump has previously threatened to deport Uganda-born Mamdani and falsely calls him a communist, but New York’s mayor-elect said Thursday he would “work with anyone to make life more affordable” for residents of the country’s largest city.
The mayor-elect noted that tens of thousands of New Yorkers had voted for both Trump and Mamdani over the issue of cost of living, with rents and the cost of essentials higher there than in much of the United States.
Democratic socialist Mamdani, elected earlier this month, has positioned himself as part of the resistance against a US president who has pushed the…
