Nearly 15 days after the election of Democratic Party candidate Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York, Donald Trump announced late Sunday into Monday that city council members wanted to meet with him.
“The mayor of New York wants to meet with us. We will find a solution. He wants to come to Washington,” the Republican president told reporters as he prepared to return to Washington.
“We want things to go as well as possible for New York,” he added.
Relaxation?
This meeting, if it takes place, could represent a form of détente between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani. Because if he no longer votes in New York, since he was officially registered on the voter list in Florida, the American president in recent months will have paid great attention to the elections of the city of the “Big Apple”.
He harshly criticized the election winner, asserting that Zohran Mamdani was a danger because he was a “communist,” even though he was affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, a moderate left-wing movement.
After his election, Zohran Mamdani publicly challenged him on the eve of his victory in the municipal elections, saying: “Donald Trump, because I know you’re watching, yeah: turn up the volume ! “.
On November 10, Donald Trump issued a proclamation establishing an “anti-communism” week in the United States, a text that attacked his progressive enemies in passing. Denouncing “one of the most destructive ideologies in history,” the 79-year-old Republican wrote, in a text distributed by the White House: “Today new voices repeat old lies, disguising them with expressions like social justice Or democratic socialism », a movement claimed by Zohran Mamdani.
“Their message remains the same: surrender your freedom, trust in the power of government, and exchange the hope of ownership for the empty comfort of surveillance,” Donald Trump said.
According to the Associated Press, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt clarified that no date has been set for this meeting.
