The White House on Thursday confirmed that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Kwame Mamdani will meet President Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Friday. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said preparations were underway and used the announcement to issue another pointed critique of Mamdani, whom she labelled a “communist.”

Leavitt argued that the Mayor-elect’s rise reflected a broader ideological shift in New York City, saying the city had moved “much more Left” than Trump expected. Despite this, she said the President remained open to dialogue with leaders across the political spectrum and was committed to doing “what is right” for Americans living in “blue states or red states”.

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Trump had flagged the meeting a day earlier on Truth Social, where he posted: “Communist Mayor

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