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NEW YORK \u2014<\/p>\nPresident Trump meets Mayor Mamdani at Gracie Mansion as world leaders arrive in New York<\/p>\n
NEW YORK \u2014<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump’s trip to New York for a speech at the United Nations started Monday with a detour to Gracie Mansion for an hourlong chat \u2014 and a trip down memory lane \u2014 with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n
The president, appearing with Mamdani after their meeting, reminisced about his previous visits to the official residence of the city’s mayors and recalled \u201cgreat ones and some not so great ones\u201d who have led the city in the past.<\/p>\n
“Hopefully you’re going to be a great one,” he said, giving Mamdani a pat on the back. \u201cAnd you’re off to a start.\u201d<\/p>\n
The meeting was the latest cordial encounter between the Republican president and a democratic socialist mayor, who have struck up a surprisingly warm relationship despite their lack of political overlap, and have tried to find common ground in helping the city they both love.<\/p>\n
With scores of world leaders arriving in the city for the United Nations General Assembly, there Trump stood beside Mamdani on the lawn of the custard-yellow mayoral mansion in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a lot of meetings right now, very important meetings with heads of different countries, but this is like a little bit of old home week for me,\u201d Trump said, adding, \u201cWe’ve done so many things from the beautiful home or house or building standing right behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump and Mamdani told reporters they discussed a potential housing project in the borough of Queens and how to make New York more affordable for the working class.<\/p>\n
They have met at least twice previously and have appeared to maintain some level of contact with one another, though the mayor stays tightlipped about any ongoing conversations with the president.<\/p>\n
The pair of polarizing leaders first gathered in the Oval Office shortly after Mamdani\u2019s election victory last year for a surprisingly cordial confab that centered on ways to help their shared hometown, a detente that came after months of verbal sparring.<\/p>\n
A few months later in February, Mamdani again took a quick jaunt to Washington to present Trump with a mock New York Daily News front page that said \u201cTrump to City: Let\u2019s Build,\u201d as he pitched new housing investments in the city.<\/p>\n
As they did after their first Oval Office meeting, Trump and Mamdani acknowledged their political and policy differences while standing side by side.<\/p>\n