Trump-Mamdani Meeting Live Updates: US President Donald Trump is hosting New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House for their first meeting following Mamdani’s election victory earlier this month. In an interview with Fox News, Trump predicted that he and Mamdani would “get along fine.” Mamdani sought to play down the potential for conflict and spoke about trying to find common ground with Trump on issues like bringing down grocery prices. Read more
Trump threatening Democrats: Trump defended his comments on social media, where he said a video by six Democratic members of Congress urging service members to “refuse illegal orders”, was “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
In an interview with Fox News earlier today, he said that “I’m not threatening death, but I think they’re in serious trouble”, when asked about his tirade on Truth social. Trump went on to say that the lawmakers’ behavior would have constituted death in the “old days”.
What each side wants to achieve: Mamdani said affordability will drive his message. “That’s why everything comes back to making the case for an affordability agenda,” he told reporters in City Hall Park, reported USA Today.
He added: “I will meet with anyone, I will speak to everyone, so long as it can stand to benefit an economic agenda for New Yorkers.”
The mayor-elect has also hired additional lawyers to prepare potential legal challenges to federal action and has pledged that New York will “remain a city of immigrants.”
US President Donald Trump praised New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, saying they discussed shared objectives, including increasing housing supply and reducing food prices. "The better he does, the happier I am," Trump said, standing alongside Mamdani at the White House .
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani described his meeting with President Donald Trump as "productive" and expressed his enthusiasm for collaborating with the president to enhance the lives of New Yorkers. _BBC
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has reached the White House for talks with President Trump, though it is still unclear whether the media will be allowed in or if either of the two will address reporters.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has arrived at the White House, but the media was left waiting outside.
The White House's director of communications, Steven Cheung, took to X to poke fun at the press, saying, "Too late guys! Y’all are too slow!" Cheung also shared a photo taken from inside the White House, showing the media gathered outside.
US President Donald Trump is set to meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House.
The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution denouncing the "horrors of socialism" with a 285-98 vote, ahead of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, states that "Congress denounces socialism in all its forms, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States". _The Guardian
US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he did not threaten Democratic lawmakers who posted a video on social media urging military personnel not to obey illegal orders.
“I’m not threatening them, but I would say they’re in serious trouble,” Trump said during an interview with Fox News Radio. “I’m not threatening death.” Read more
Donald Trump's meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is currently closed to the press, but the president hinted that media might be invited in after their discussion. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he may invite journalists into the Oval Office once the meeting wraps up. -The Guardian
US President Donald Trump is set to host New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the White House for their first meeting following the latter’s election win earlier this month. Though his name was not on the ballot, Trump and his comments had dominated the New York Mayor election cycle. Read more
US President Donald Trump defended his online remarks accusing six Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behaviour” after they urged military members to “refuse illegal orders”.
Speaking to Fox News, Trump said: “I’m not threatening death, but I think they’re in serious trouble,” adding that such behaviour “would have constituted death in the old days”. He said “today’s a different world… a meeker, milder world”, but maintained that “what they did is really bad.”
US President Donald Trump has called New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and a “total nut job.” Mamdani has called Trump’s administration “authoritarian” and described himself as “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare", as reported by The Associated Press (AP).
So their first-ever meeting, scheduled for Friday at 1:30 a.m. IST at the White House, could be a curious and combustible affair.
Donald Trump on Thursday hit out at Democratic lawmakers who recently urged members of the military and intelligence to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by the US President. Read More
US President Donald Trump said he believes he will “get along fine” with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, despite their sharp political differences, in an interview with Fox News Radio on Friday.
Trump acknowledged Mamdani has “a different philosophy,” but added that he gives the incoming mayor “a lot of credit” for his campaign, saying: “He ran a good race.”
“We’re looking for the same thing. We want to make New York strong,” Trump said.
Asked about Mamdani’s recent remarks challenging him directly, the president replied: “I’m a little hard too, in all fairness.”
US President Donald Trump and New York’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, are set to meet at the White House bringing months of public clashes into an Oval Office face-off that both sides claim will focus on New Yorkers’ concerns.
The encounter comes after a bitter election season in which Trump repeatedly labelled Mamdani a “communist mayor,” while Mamdani vowed to challenge the president on issues ranging from affordability to immigration. Read More
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