"President Donald Trump agreed on Sunday to give New York City mayor-elect Zorhan Mamdani an audience. "The mayor of New York, I will say, would like to meet with us, we'll work something out. But he would like to come to Washington," Trump said during an impromptu news briefing with reporters on the tarmac of Palm Beach International Airport before boarding Air Force One back to Washington after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort."
"The mayor-elect has had his own choice words for the president, addressing him directly during his acceptance speech after winning the Nov. 4 election. "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up," he said at the podium. "If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.""
"On Sunday, Mamdani responded to news of an increase in parcel fees in the U.S. Postal Service with another slam on the president. "The Trump administration continues to find new ways to raise costs on all of us. It's time we have a City Hall that works relentlessly to ease the burden," the incoming mayor posted on X. "We will deliver on fast and free buses, universal childcare and a rent freeze because New Yorkers need the relief.""
President Donald Trump agreed to meet New York City mayor-elect Zorhan Mamdani and said the mayor would like to come to Washington, though no date or agenda was given. The two men have exchanged public barbs, with Trump calling Mamdani a "communist" and Mamdani directly challenging Trump during his acceptance remarks. Mamdani criticized a Postal Service parcel fee increase and pledged municipal priorities including fast and free buses, universal childcare and a rent freeze. Trump said he wants to see New York "work out well" and expressed a desire for the city to succeed.
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