Overview
- President Trump praised Zohran Mamdani, said they agreed on more than expected, and pledged to help him realize his goals for New York.
- Mamdani said the meeting lasted a little over 30 minutes and focused on shared priorities such as housing, new construction, and food prices.
- The session was closed to the press, and White House communications chief Steven Cheung mocked waiting reporters in a post on X.
- No specific federal-city agreements or policy commitments were announced after the Oval Office discussion.
- The outreach followed months of Trump labeling Mamdani a communist and threatening National Guard deployments and funding cuts, as the House separately passed a resolution denouncing the horrors of socialism.