President Donald Trump says he'll meet with Zohran Mamdani at White House on Friday

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social Wednesday night that he will meet for the first time with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday at the White House.

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

Earlier this week, Mamdani confirmed that he had asked to meet with Trump to discuss his administration's relationship with the White House and how to improve affordability for New Yorkers.

Late Wednesday in a statement, a Mamdani spokesperson confirmed the meeting.

"As is customary for an incoming mayoral administration, the Mayor-elect plans to meet with the President in Washington to discuss public safety, economic security and the affordability agenda that over one million New Yorkers voted for just two weeks ago," spokesperson Dora Pekec said.

Trump first agreed on Sunday to meet with Mamdani.

"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.

On Monday, Mamdani spoke to reporters at a Bronx food pantry, where he discussed plans to meet with Trump.

"I will go to make the case to the president and to anyone, frankly, that these are the kinds of things we need to change if we want to make it easier for New Yorkers and for Americans to afford the day-to-day necessities of their life," Mamdani said.

In recent months, the two men have traded barbs through the press and social media, with Trump often referring to Mamdani, a democratic socialist, as a "communist."

In his acceptance speech after winning the Nov. 4 mayoral election, Mamdani directly addressed the 47th president.

"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."

Gov. Kathy Hochul has encouraged Mamdani and Trump to meet as soon as possible.

"The president, at the heart of it all, is a New Yorker," Hochul said on Monday. "I’ve used that as the foundation of our conversations, that New York is the economic foundation of our nation."

By Robert Brodsky

robert.brodsky@newsday.com@BrodskyRobert

Robert Brodsky is a breaking news reporter who has worked at Newsday since 2011. He is a Queens College and American University alum.