By Gram Slattery, Jonathan Allen and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump gave a warm greeting to incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday,

Mamdani said he sees the White House meeting as an opportunity to "make the case" for New Yorkers to Trump, who has threatened to withhold funding from the city.

President Donald Trump said he would feel "very, very comfortable" in New York after meeting mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani held a press conference in the Oval Office to discuss their meeting. REPORTER: Mr. President, Republican Elise Stefanik has campaigned multiple times by calling Zahra Mamdani a jihadist.

President Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will have a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president said Wednesday in a post on Truth Social.

President Donald Trump and New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met Friday at the White House and focused more on their shared goals rather than their combustible differences.

President Donald Trump said he would be very comfortable living in New York City with Zohran Mamdani as mayor after meeting with the mayor-elect. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Okay, how about you, you? Go ahead,

After months of trading insults, U.S. President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate on tackling crime and affordability in the nation's biggest city at an unexpectedly friendly meeting at the White House on Friday.

That collegial interaction was nearly unthinkable in the lead-up to the meeting, but the leader of the MAGA movement and the self-described democratic socialist made clear their conversation was a productive one – friendly,