New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday — an unexpected moment for two figures who have spent months taking jibes at each other. Mamdani’s team requested the meeting, and Trump agreed, saying he was willing to “work something out. ” The meeting is expected to be more than a polite handshake. Both sides see it as a chance to push their priorities on issues that will shape New York’s next four years. But it also comes with political baggage: Trump backed Mamdani’s rival Andrew Cuomo before the mayoral election, saying he would rather have a “bad Democrat” than a “communist” running the city. One of Mamdani’s top goals is to confront the cost-of-living crisis that many New Yorkers say has become unbearable. NYC

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