周五将是纽约市当选市长佐兰·马姆达尼和唐纳德·特朗普总统首次面对面，此前两位领导人在马姆达尼的竞选和选举期间进行了口水战。
虽然特朗普宣布开会是对进步民主党政策的侮辱，但马姆达尼坚持认为，他期待着白宫会议讨论他的议程，包括解决“国家负担能力危机”。
“我不关心这次会议。我认为这次会议是我阐述自己观点的机会，”马姆达尼在周四的新闻发布会上告诉记者。
特朗普周三晚上在社交媒体上宣布了这次会议，重复了他对民主社会主义团体成员马姆达尼使用的“共产主义”标签，并将他的中间名夸梅放在引号中。
特朗普周日告诉记者，他将“解决一些问题”，并在华盛顿会见当选市长。
“我们希望看到纽约一切顺利，”他告诉记者。
马姆达尼一直直言不讳地批评政府的政策，包括增加驱逐出境，削减政府机构和攻击民主党人管理的城市。
在选举之夜，这位34岁的当选市长在接受提名的演讲中直接与特朗普交谈，并告诉他“把音量调大”，因为他发誓要保护移民。
“所以听我说，特朗普总统，当我这么说的时候:要接触我们中的任何一个人，你必须通过我们所有人，”他说。
自马姆达尼在6月的民主党初选中获胜以来，特朗普一直公开反对这位州议员，一度威胁要驱逐马姆达尼。马姆达尼出生在乌干达，小时候搬到纽约，并于2018年成为美国公民。
“我们会非常仔细地观察。很多人说，他在这里是非法的，”特朗普在7月份声称，但没有证据。
总统还威胁说，如果马姆达尼赢得选举，将停止向纽约提供联邦资金。
马姆达尼的批评者对他的提议表示怀疑，称其牵强附会，不太可能，因为有些提议需要州政府批准。他还因为过去批评NYPD和以色列政府在加沙冲突中的行为而受到抨击。
这位当选市长为他对国务院的评论道歉，并发誓要为纽约犹太人而战，同时仍然批评以色列政府在冲突期间的政策。
马姆达尼也一再无视这些威胁，并表示他将继续公开反对政府的保守政策。
“他的威胁是不可避免的，”玛姆达尼告诉ABC新闻选举的第二天。“这与安全无关，这与恐吓有关。”
与此同时，马姆达尼表示，他对与特朗普进行对话持开放态度，特别是在可负担性问题上，并指出特朗普赢得连任承诺将降低不断上涨的价格。
“我和总统有许多不同意见。我打算明确表示，我将与他合作，”马姆达尼周四表示。
这位当选市长在一场帮助纽约人解决费用的运动中赢得了选举，他的提议包括提高年收入超过100万美元的纽约人的所得税，为孩子只有六周大的父母提供免费的儿童保育，以及免费的公共汽车。
特朗普在社交媒体帖子和新闻中说，在马姆达尼获胜和民主党取得其他关键胜利后他和共和党人正在努力降低成本。
“我们正在为一个人人都能赢的经济而战，从开始第一份工作的收银员到在免下车排队中向年轻家庭开放第一个位置的特许经营者，”他周一在宾夕法尼亚州对人群说。
Trump, Mamdani to meet in Oval Office as mayor-elect pushes affordability agenda
Friday will mark the first time that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump will meet face to face following a war of words between the two leaders throughout Mamdani's campaign and election.
And while Trump announced the meeting with an insult against the progressive Democrat's policies, Mamdani has maintained that he is looking forward to the White House meeting to discuss his agenda, including tackling a "national crisis of affordability."
"I'm not concerned about this meeting.I view this meeting as an opportunity for me to make my case," Mamdani told reporters Thursday at a news conference.
Trump announced the meeting on Wednesday night on social media, repeating the "communist" label he's been using against Mamdani, who is a member of the Democratic Socialist group, and putting his middle name, Kwame, in quotes.
Trump told reporters on Sunday that he was going to "work something out," and meet with the mayor-elect in Washington.
"We want to see everything work out well for New York," he told reporters.
Mamdani has been a vocal critic of the administration over its policies, including increased deportations, cuts to government agencies and attacks on cities run by Democrats.
On election night, the 34-year-old mayor-elect spoke directly to Trump in his acceptance speech and told him to "turn the volume up," as he vowed to protect immigrants.
"So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us," he said.
Since Mamdani won the June Democratic primary, Trump has spoken out against the state assemblyman, at one point threatening to deport Mamdani, who was born in Uganda, moved to New York as a child, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018.
"We're going to be watching that very carefully. And a lot of people are saying, he's here illegally," Trump claimed with no evidence in July.
The president has also threatened to withhold federal funding to New York if Mamdani won the election.
Mamdani's critics have raised skepticism about his proposals, calling them far-fetched and improbable, as some would require state approval. He has also come under fire for his past comments criticizing the NYPD and Israeli government actions in the Gaza conflict.
The mayor-elect has apologized for his comments against the department and vowed to fight for Jewish New Yorkers, while still being critical of the Israeli government's polices during the conflict.
Mamdani has also repeatedly brushed aside the threats and said he will continue to speak out against the administration's conservative policies.
"His threats are inevitable," Mamdanitold ABC Newsa day after the election. "This has nothing to do with safety, it has to do with intimidation."
At the same time, Mamdani has said he was open to talking with Trump, especially when it comes to affordability issues, noting that Trump won his re-election promising to bring down rising prices.
"I have many disagreements with the president. I intend to make it clear that I will work with him," Mamdani said Thursday.
The mayor-elect won the election on a campaign to help New Yorkers with costs, with proposals such as raising the income tax on New Yorkers who earn over a million dollars a year, providing free child care to parents with kids as early as six weeks old, and free public buses.
Following Mamdani's victory and other key wins by Democrats, Trump has said in social media posts and newsconferences that he and the Republicans are the party working to lower costs.
"We're fighting for an economy where everyone can win, from the cashier starting first job to a franchisee opening his first location to the young family in a drive through line," he told a crowd in Pennsylvania on Monday.
