Trump, Mamdani meet at Gracie Mansion, discuss housing, policing and immigration – KDBC

Trump, Mamdani meet at Gracie Mansion, discuss housing, policing and immigration  KDBC

President Donald Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani met behind closed doors at the mayor's residence, Gracie Mansion, in New York City on Monday evening. Discussions seemed to go smoothly, as indicated by the two during a presser held after the meeting. Mr. Trump, a native New Yorker who is deeply unpopular in the city, characterized the visit to the mayoral residence, Gracie Mansion, as a form of homecoming. However, the news conference put Mayor Mamdani in an awkward position as reporters asked Trump about his stance on media, banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House grounds. "It's interesting because they said they were going to boycott me, but they never boycott me.

So I wasn't very worried about that," Trump said, making a point about the press members who crowded the Mayor's residence to capture the president and mayor on camera. Mamdani was also asked if he challenged the president's media ban, to which Mamdani said he told the president that all members of the media would be allowed to film the news conference. Trump then answered that he had "an obligation" to ostracize the journalists and newsrooms who he believes do not give him what he believes is adequate credit for his administration's accomplishments. Monday's meeting arose from an invitation Mamdani said he extended to the