Overview
- President Donald Trump and 34-year-old New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met at the White House on November 21 and both described the conversation as productive.
- Trump praised Mamdani, said he would help him “realize his dreams for New York,” and indicated he would be comfortable living in the city under Mamdani’s leadership.
- They discussed shared priorities including housing construction, food prices and the broader cost of living, with Trump calling some of Mamdani’s ideas similar to his own.
- On immigration enforcement, Trump said they would work together on ICE-related issues and predicted they would “find a solution,” signaling possible coordination despite past clashes.
- The meeting was closed to the press as reporters failed to spot Mamdani entering the West Wing, and on the same day the House approved a symbolic resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism” in a 285–98 vote.