Overview
- Axios reports the pair began texting after swapping numbers during Mamdani’s post‑election Oval Office visit in November, and spokespeople for both declined to comment.
- The New York Post describes the messages as "friendly" and at least twice weekly, a frequency not verified by either office.
- Topics in the reported exchanges include U.S. actions in Venezuela as well as New York real estate rules, zoning, and affordable housing.
- Mamdani said this month that he phoned Trump to object to U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
- Trump acknowledged the contact in a Fox News interview, saying Mamdani’s criticism surprised him and that the relationship has cooled.