President Trump is set to meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday. Trump announced the meeting in a post on social media calling Mamdani a “communist.” During the mayoral campaign, Trump had backed Mamdani’s opponent, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and repeatedly taunted Mamdani and threatened to deport him. Mamdani was born in Uganda and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Mamdani’s team says they reached out to President Trump for a meeting.