President Trump told reporters that a meeting with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is in the works. “He would like to come to Washington to meet,” Trump said. “We’ll work something out,” he continued. “We want to see everything work out well for New York,” Trump added. Check it out: President Trump said a meeting with New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in Washington, D.C. is in the works. "We'll work something out," Trump said Sunday. "We want to see everything work out well for New York." pic.twitter.com/LN6sFtWSUC — CBS News (@CBSNews) November 17, 2025 Fox News shared: Trump railed against Mamdani’s campaign for mayor ahead of Election Day, condemning him as a “communist,” and going so far as to endorse former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the final days of the race. “Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!” Trump wrote to his followers on Election Day. “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!” the president asserted. Mamdani’s victory has teed up a standoff between the Big Apple and the White House, as Mamdani has vowed to curb Trump’s immigration agenda at every possible turn. Trump, meanwhile, has threatened to cut off federal funding if Mamdani does not cooperate. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said no date for a meeting has currently been established. “If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home, because of the fact that, as a Communist, this once great City has ZERO chance of success, or even survival!” Trump previously said. “It can only get worse with a Communist at the helm, and I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad. It is my obligation to run the Nation, and it is my strong conviction that New York City will be a Complete and Total Economic and Social Disaster should Mamdani win,” he added. Full post below: Mamdani confirmed on Monday that he reached out to Trump for a meeting. “My team reached out to the White House to fulfill a commitment I made to New Yorkers over the course of this campaign, a commitment that showed a willingness to meet with anyone and everyone, so long as it was to the benefit of the eight and a half million people that call the city their home,” Mamdani said, according to the New York Post. Trump plans to meet with Mamdani, says he’ll ‘work something out’ with New York City’s mayor-elect https://t.co/Ry7kzw9DvM pic.twitter.com/MxBgpUf7FC — New York Post (@nypost) November 17, 2025 More from the New York Post: He added that he planned to address the “affordability crisis,” as well as SNAP benefits and ICE enforcement, with Trump. The president opened the door for the two to meet in DC after months of deriding Mamdani as “my little communist” and predicting the ruin of his native New York City if the democratic socialist was elected mayor. Trump, as Mamdani’s election victory loomed, also threatened to pull government funding from the city and explore the possibility of a federal takeover. But on Sunday, before flying back to Washington after a weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump acknowledged the possibility of a sitdown.