Some say the Trump meeting with Zohran Mamdani represents a sort of détente between a pro-Capitalist pro-Israel Republican president and a radical leftist Islamist mayor elect, reported the Associated Press. The president posted on Truth Social that Mamdani had asked for the meeting, promising "Further details to follow!" The meeting is to take place at 3 p.m. ET in the Oval Office.
A Mamdani spokeswoman says that Mamdani plans to discuss with Trump "public safety, economic security, and the affordability agenda that over one million New Yorkers voted for just two weeks ago." But since that victory, Mamdani has been talking about "Trump-proofing" New York once he takes office in January and showing the country how to defeat the president.
Trump has threatened, according to Politico, to deploy the National Guard and withhold federal funding from New York in response to Mamdani’s win. Despite that, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Trump is willing to meet and talk with anyone no matter what color state they are from in an effort to do what is right by Americans.
Brigitte Gabriel is the founder and president of ACT for America and author of "Rise."
"Mamdani needs President Trump. He needs the federal government to be able to support the city. Trump is not going to give the money if Mamdani is going to impose his ideas,” states Gabriel. “I don't think much is going to come out of it. I think this is all theater."
Fox News reported that Mamdani describes New York City as a “city of international law” and plans to uphold the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put forth by the International Criminal Court.
Gabriel says that it is highly unlikely that Trump will go along with Mamdani's suggestion of upholding international law.
"We're talking about Islamophobia laws because the U.N. passed a law in 2016, that Islamophobia law, that you would actually be charged with Islamophobia as a crime," states Gabriel.
