Trump-Mamdani reside updates as leaders commerce compliments after first White Home assembly

Requested a query about combating antisemitism in New York because the cameras started leaving the Oval Workplace, Mamdani mentioned he seems to be ahead to doing so throughout town.

“I care very deeply about Jewish security and I stay up for rooting out antisemitism throughout the 5 boroughs and defending Jewish New Yorkers and each New Yorker who calls town residence,” the mayor-elect mentioned. 

As their look wrapped up, Mr. Trump was requested if there are nonetheless matters he thinks the 2 males will disagree on sooner or later. 

“There will likely be matters that we disagree on. I believe we’ll most likely come to a conclusion,” he mentioned. “And in the end, he’ll persuade me or I will persuade him. You already know, it is for the nice of New York. In the end, it is for the nice of New York. I do not care about affiliations or events or anything. I need to see — if this metropolis could possibly be unbelievable, if he could possibly be a spectacular success, I might be very completely happy.”

The president mentioned he “loved” the assembly and he hopes they meet once more. 

Mr. Trump mentioned he thinks there’s a lot enthusiasm surrounding Mamdani as a result of he is “totally different” than a typical one that runs for mayor.

“As a result of he has an opportunity to actually do one thing nice for New York,” the president mentioned. “New York is at a really important level. And he does want the assistance of the federal authorities to actually succeed, and we will be serving to him. However he is totally different than you understand, your common candidate. Hey, he got here out of nowhere.” 

“It was a fantastic assembly,” Mr. Trump added.

The president mentioned that New York Metropolis’s Con Edison utility charges should be checked out. 

“We have gotten gas costs manner down, however it hasn’t proven up in Con Edison … if we’re sending them gas at a a lot lower cost than a yr in the past, which is true, we’ve got to get Con Edison to begin decreasing the charges,” Mr. Trump mentioned.

“Completely,” Mamdani mentioned. 

A reporter requested the president if he would “really feel snug dwelling in New York Metropolis below a Mamdani administration.”

“Yeah, I might, I actually would. Particularly after the assembly, completely.” Mr. Trump mentioned. “We agree on much more than I might have thought. I need him to do a fantastic job, and we’ll assist him do a fantastic job. You already know, he might need totally different views, however in some ways — you understand, we had been discussing, when Bernie Sanders was out of the race, I picked up loads of his votes, and folks had no thought, as a result of he was robust on not getting ripped off on commerce and many issues that I’ve practiced and been very profitable on.”

The president was requested about deploying ICE brokers in New York Metropolis, and the variations the 2 might have on that matter. Mr. Trump mentioned the 2 spoke about that subject arguably longer than some other subject. 

So what about these variations?

“Nicely, I believe we will work them out. I believe if we’ve got recognized murderers, and recognized drug sellers, and a few very dangerous folks, we need to get them out,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “He needs to have a protected New York. In the end, a protected New York goes to be a fantastic New York.”

After months of name-calling, Mr. Trump mentioned he really agrees with Mamdani on some concepts. 

“You already know, we had some fascinating dialog, and a few of his concepts are actually the identical concepts that I’ve. However an enormous factor on price. You already know, the brand new phrase is ‘affordability.’ One other phrase is simply ‘groceries.’ It is type of an old school phrase however it’s very correct. And so they’re coming down,” the president mentioned.

He mentioned the assembly with Mamdani “really stunned me.”

“He needs to see no crime, he needs to see housing being constructed, he needs to see rents coming down – all issues that I agree with,” the president mentioned. 

A reporter requested Mamdani about his earlier feedback wherein he known as the president a “despot.” The mayor-elect mentioned the 2 had been centered on the place they might discover widespread floor.

“I believe each President Trump and I, we’re each very clear about our positions and our views, and what I actually admire concerning the president is that the assembly that we had centered not on locations of disagreement, which there are numerous, and likewise centered on the shared objective we’ve got in serving New Yorkers. And admittedly that’s one thing that would remodel the lives of the 8.5 million who’re at the moment struggling below a value of dwelling disaster,” Mamdani mentioned. 

Mr. Trump joked that he had “been known as a lot worse than a despot, so it isn’t that insulting.”

Moments later, Mamdani was pressed on whether or not he thinks the president is a “fascist.” However earlier than Mamdani might considerably reply, the president interjected. 

“That is OK, you may simply say sure, OK? It is simpler. It is simpler than explaining it, I do not thoughts,” the president mentioned. Mamdani smiled.

Mamdani was requested about his response to a vote within the Home earlier Friday on a decision condemning socialism, which was adopted by a vote of 285 to 98. He shrugged it off. 

“I’ve to be trustworthy with you, I’ve centered little or no on resolutions, frankly … I believe the main focus is on the work at hand. I can inform you, I’m somebody who’s a democratic socialist, I have been very open about that. And I do know there could be variations about ideology, however the place of settlement is the work that must be accomplished to make New York Metropolis inexpensive, and that is what I stay up for,” Mamdani mentioned.

Nonetheless seated alongside a standing Mamdani, Mr. Trump mentioned “he is bought views which might be somewhat on the market,” however added that everybody modifications. Mr. Trump mentioned he has additionally modified since first turning into president in 2017: “I can inform you, a few of my views have modified.”

The president mentioned he thinks Mamdani will “shock” some conservatives together with his choices. 

“I really feel very assured that he can do an excellent job,” the president continued. “I believe he’s going to shock some conservative folks, really.”

Mamdani mentioned the assembly was “productive” and that the 2 mentioned problems with affordability in New York, the principle pillar of his marketing campaign.

“I appreciated the assembly with the president, and as he mentioned it was a productive assembly centered on a spot of shared admiration and love, New York Metropolis,” Mamdani mentioned. “We spoke about lease, we spoke about groceries, we spoke about utilities. We spoke concerning the alternative ways wherein persons are being pushed out and I appreciated the time with the president. I appreciated the dialog. I stay up for working collectively to ship that affordability for New Yorkers.” 

After permitting reporters into the Oval Workplace, Mr. Trump mentioned he and Mamdani simply concluded a “actually good” assembly. 

“We have simply had a fantastic assembly, a extremely good, very productive assembly,” Mr. Trump mentioned. The president mentioned they’ve “one factor in widespread — we would like this metropolis of ours that we like to do very nicely.”

“The higher he does, the happier I’m,” Mr. Trump continued. “There is no distinction in occasion, there is not any distinction in something.” 

Mamdani and Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer spoke Thursday because the mayor-elect was getting ready for the White Home assembly, an individual aware of their name informed CBS Information.

Schumer, the senior senator from New York, isn’t any stranger to high-stakes Oval Workplace encounters with Mr. Trump through the president’s two phrases in workplace, most lately forward of the record-long authorities shutdown.

Schumer didn’t endorse Mamdani’s mayoral bid, however they did converse shortly after Election Day, based on a number of folks aware of their interactions.

The Brooklyn-born Schumer and Queens-based Mamdani return a number of years, most notably through the 2021 New York taxi driver strike over taxi medallion prices and elevated use of ride-sharing providers. Mamdani helped lead starvation strikes by the drivers and Schumer labored with him to safe a deal to restructure medallion homeowners’ money owed.

CBS Information New York’s Jessica Moore confirms that Mamdani has arrived on the White Home. It is not but clear if his assembly with Mr. Trump has begun. 

Members of the media assembled exterior the West Wing didn’t see Mamdani arrive. White Home communications director Steven Cheung posted a photograph of the group from contained in the constructing with the caption “Too late guys! Y’all are too sluggish!”

J.C. Polanco, a political analyst and professor at Mt. Saint Vincent College , says the federal authorities controls $10 billion in funds that Mamdani goes to want to enact his formidable agenda. 

“It is a very consequential assembly,” Polanco mentioned.

“New York Metropolis took an enormous leap of religion with Mayor-elect Mamdani. He is an assemblymember, representing about 125,000 folks. Now he is about to imagine the vital position of CEO of New York Metropolis authorities, and to be our chief negotiator within the federal authorities,” he continued. “It is a great alternative for Mayor-elect Mamdani to indicate the world that he is prepared to sit down down with the president and signify our pursuits.”

So will the 2 have the ability to overcome their variations to assist New York?

“It relies upon which Mayor-elect Mamdani and which President Trump present up. If it is the President Trump of February, the place he handled President Zelenskyy in that method, I believe it may be only a full catastrophe as we speak. But when it is the President Trump that wishes to work, that wishes to see who this new man is, we might have an excellent assembly,” Polanco mentioned. “It is vital for Mayor-elect Mamdani to remain agile, as a result of he would not know who’s coming. And is it the Mayor-elect Mamdani from the marketing campaign, that completely happy warrior that was smiling and needed to work along with everybody? Or is it going to be the Mayor-elect Mamdani of election evening, the place he informed President Trump, flip the quantity up, I ain’t taking part in with you.” 

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The press workplace for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul confirmed to CBS Information New York that the mayor-elect and governor spoke previous to Friday’s assembly with Mr. Trump. 

Hochul’s workplace didn’t provide particulars about what the 2 mentioned, however the governor has lengthy pursued a relationship with Mr. Trump on quite a lot of key points, together with the Gateway Mission and the potential deployment of the Nationwide Guard to the Large Apple.

The end result of the assembly could possibly be vastly consequential for the way forward for New York Metropolis. There’s lots on the road, from funding for infrastructure initiatives to setting parameters round immigration enforcement.

On Oct. 1, the primary day of the federal government shutdown, the White Home froze $18 billion in funding for a pair of New York infrastructure initiatives: the Gateway Tunnel and the Second Avenue Subway. The president later mentioned the Gateway Tunnel challenge was “terminated,” however the final standing of the funding stays unclear.

The White Home has additionally indicated it’s planning to ramp up immigration enforcement in New York. Tom Homan, the White Home border czar, mentioned final week that the administration is “growing enforcement presence in New York Metropolis once more as a result of they are a sanctuary metropolis, and we all know we’ve got a problem.” A Mamdani spokesperson mentioned that the mayor-elect “stays steadfast in his dedication to defending the rights and dignity of each single New Yorker and upholding our sanctuary legal guidelines.”

Maybe most significantly, Mamdani wants federal safety clearance to be briefed on terror threats and different legislation enforcement exercise, a course of that the president might assist velocity alongside.

In an interview with Fox Information Radio on Friday morning, the president mentioned he expects the assembly to be “fairly civil” and that he and the incoming mayor will “get alongside high quality.”

“He is bought a distinct philosophy, he is somewhat bit totally different. I give him loads of credit score for the run. He did a profitable run, and everyone knows that runs are usually not simple,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “However I believe we’ll get alongside high quality. Look, we’re in search of the identical factor — we need to make New York robust, and, you understand, there’s such a distinct philosophy.”

He added: “He was very good in calling, as you understand. And we will have a gathering. I suppose we meet at 3 o’clock as we speak. And I believe it may be fairly civil. We’ll discover out.”

Hours earlier than Mamdani’s assembly with Mr. Trump, the Home handed a decision “denouncing the horrors of socialism.” It was a broadly bipartisan vote, 285-98, with 86 Democrats becoming a member of 199 Republicans in voting for the decision. Ninety-eight Democrats opposed the decision, and two voted “current.” No Republicans voted in opposition to it.

Home Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican of Louisiana, mentioned in response to a query concerning the upcoming assembly, “It should be thrilling,” and he known as it “a cheerful coincidence that we simply voted on a socialism decision” within the Home. 

“There is a huge, widening chasm between the 2 events with regard to this concept of huge authorities management of all people’s lives and Marxism,” and he once more mentioned it was “a cheerful coincidence that it coincides with the Marxist mayor’s assembly at White Home.”

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York says she “chatted very briefly” with Mamdani this morning. She mentioned he is additionally spoken with most of the members of the New York Metropolis delegation and famous his promise to speak to anybody concerning the metropolis’s affordability points.

“Mayor-elect Mamdani has made clear that he’ll meet with anybody and everybody to deal with New York Metropolis’s affordability disaster,” Ocasio-Cortez informed reporters on the Capitol. “So, I stay up for seeing what the president, you understand, has to say about that.”

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The president has known as Mamdani “my little communist mayor.” Mamdani has vowed to “Trump-proof” New York Metropolis.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist, would not have a lot in widespread politically with the Republican president. However he known as the assembly “a chance to make the case for New Yorkers” and mentioned he plans to debate financial safety and public security. 

“I will be prepared for no matter occurs,” Mamdani mentioned. 

White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned Thursday that “President Trump is prepared to satisfy with anybody and discuss to anybody and to attempt to do what’s proper on behalf of the American folks.”

Mamdani used comparable language, saying his staff reached out to arrange the assembly “as a result of I’ll work with anybody to make life extra inexpensive for the greater than 8.5 million individuals who name this metropolis residence.”

However usually, their phrases for one another have been extra combative.

Mr. Trump, who grew up in Queens and constructed his enterprise profession in New York Metropolis, has decried the incoming mayor as “a communist lunatic.” Mamdani has blasted the president’s immigration raids and financial insurance policies.

Learn extra right here about what the 2 males have mentioned about one another.

Mamdani stored his public feedback Friday forward of the assembly to a minimal. 

As an alternative, he posted a photograph on X within the morning exhibiting him smiling, with a aircraft emoji because the caption, as he headed to Washington for the assembly with Mr. Trump:

At a press convention on Thursday, the mayor-elect informed reporters that he plans to spotlight the problem of affordability throughout his assembly with the president. 

“I will likely be heading to Washington, D.C., tomorrow to satisfy with President Trump on the White Home. It’s customary for the mayor of this metropolis to satisfy with the White Home, given their mutual reliance,” Mamdani mentioned. “It’s extra important than ever, given the nationwide disaster of affordability — one which New Yorkers know very nicely throughout these 5 boroughs — and the particular problem many cities are dealing with with balancing public security in opposition to steps taken by this administration.”

The mayor-elect mentioned his staff reached out to arrange the assembly, “as a result of I’ll work with anybody to make life extra inexpensive for the greater than 8.5 million individuals who name this metropolis residence.”

As for potential disagreements?

“I’ve many disagreements with the president, and I consider that we must be relentless and pursue all avenues and all conferences that would make our metropolis inexpensive for each single New Yorker,” he continued. “I intend to make it clear to President Trump that I’ll work with him on any agenda that advantages New Yorkers. If an agenda hurts New Yorkers, I may even be the primary to say so.”

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