Mamdani "Faces a challenge at W.H...convince Trump not to cut federal funding to NYC without bowing to him"

[Miles Archer]

Can Mamdani talk his way out of Trump’s defunding threat?
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani faces a challenge at the White House: convince President Donald Trump not to cut federal funding to NYC — without bowing to him or abandoning his own values.

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-mamdani-meeting-white-house-nyc-rcna245019

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani heads to the White House on Friday to meet with his metropolis’ most powerful native son — a man who threatened to cut off federal funding to the city if Mamdani won.

The meeting will test them both.

For the 34-year-old Mamdani, it’s an opportunity to prove that he can secure his heavily Democratic city’s future without surrendering its values — finding common ground with Trump without swearing fealty to the president. It’s a high-wire act that could define his early mayoralty.

For President Donald Trump, it’s a chance to elevate the democratic socialist into a national symbol of everything he opposes—or to show that even his fiercest critics will bend to his will. Any potential conflict could be a welcome change for Trump, allowing him to steer the media narrative and reclaim control of the conversation after a week of bruising headlines.