Overview
- President Donald Trump and mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met Friday in the Oval Office in their first in-person meeting since the election, a session requested by Mamdani.
- Both leaders called the discussion productive and said they would work together on affordability and public safety, highlighting housing, food prices and utility costs.
- Trump praised Mamdani as capable and said they agreed on more than expected, adding he would feel comfortable living in New York under Mamdani and pledged to help.
- Neither side announced concrete policy deals or federal funding commitments, and questions around ICE cooperation and broader immigration enforcement remain open.
- Mamdani, who takes office January 1, framed the talks as focused on serving New Yorkers and said he would collaborate where it helps the city and push back where it does not.