Overview
- Axios and the New York Post, citing unnamed sources, report President Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani have traded cordial texts since exchanging numbers during their Nov. 21 Oval Office meeting.
- Post reporting describes the exchanges as at least twice weekly and covering topics from Venezuela policy to New York zoning and real estate, while Mamdani previously said he discussed affordable housing with Trump.
- Spokespeople for both men declined to comment, and the exact content and frequency of the messages have not been verified publicly.
- Mamdani recently called Trump to object to U.S. strikes in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro, a conversation he characterized as direct and routine.
- Trump said he was surprised by the criticism and referred to the relationship in the past tense, even as multiple reports say the private texts have continued.