Overview
- After a roughly 30-minute private talk, the pair appeared together smiling and said they would cooperate on rent, groceries, utilities and housing.
- Trump publicly vouched for Mamdani as a very rational figure and rejected GOP claims he is a jihadist, joking as Mamdani affirmed he still views Trump as a fascist.
- The president, who had threatened funding cuts and tougher federal action before the election, made no such threats and said he would be cheering for the new mayor.
- Both cited shared priorities on affordability and public safety, with Trump saying he would feel comfortable living in New York under Mamdani.
- The meeting offers political benefits to both and lowers immediate tensions, while New York still depends on federal dollars and concrete agreements remain unresolved.