President Trump said he would meet with Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday at the New York mayor-elect’s request.

President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for the first time at the White House on Friday, an unexpected sit-down with the Democratic socialist whose election he opposed. Trump announced the meeting in a social media post late Wednesday.

President Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will meet at the White House on Friday, both sides said Why it matters: Trump has for months criticized Mamdani and again referred to the democratic socialist as a "Communist" in his Truth Social announcement Wednesday night.

Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec said the duo would discuss public safety, economic security and “the affordability agenda that over one million New Yorkers voted for just two weeks ago.”

White House border czar Tom Homan said on Tuesday he plans to ramp up federal immigration enforcement efforts in New York City, a month after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a high-profile raid targeting Manhattan street vendors.