President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani , who have traded barbs ever since Mamdani’s mayoral campaign began getting traction, will meet in person this week at the White House.

Trump announced the meeting on his social media site, Truth Social .

“Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran “Kwame” Mamdani, has asked for a meeting. We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st. Further details to follow!” Trump posted.

Mamdani is a democratic socialist, and has denied Trump’s repeated claims that he is a communist.

Trump mentioned the possibility of meeting with Mamdani when the president was talking to reporters on Sunday, the New York Times reported .

“The mayor of New York, I will say, would like to

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