Live: ‘We agree on a lot more than I would have thought,’ Trump says after ‘great meeting’ with Mamdani

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We’re waiting to learn more about Mamdani’s meeting with Trump but one thing he’s made clear before heading to the White House was that he remains focused on his aim of making New York more affordable despite his “many disagreements” with the US president.

In a raucous election day victory speech, the New York mayor-elect had four words for the watching US president: “Turn the volume up.”

Mamdani then referenced Trump’s own relationship with the city he is now set to run, saying: “If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.”

The next day, Mamdani pledged to stand up to pressure from Trump’s administration, saying he’d tackle the “twin crises” of “an authoritarian administration and an affordability crisis”.

The incoming New York mayor also promised he would not mince his words around the president, but said he would leave a “door open” for conversations to discuss his priorities.

“I’m not concerned about this meeting,” he said ahead of their meeting. “I view this meeting as an opportunity to make my case.”