Mamdani and Trump text friendship surprises political observers nationwide
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump are exchanging “friendly” letters at least twice a week as the unlikely friendship between the socialist and conservative commander-in-chief continues to blossom, The Post has learned.
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The former Astoria lawmaker and the Queens native have been chatting semi-regularly via text since a cordial White House meeting in November, sources say, discussing a wide range of topics from the ouster of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to the zoning bureaucracy in Big Apple real estate.
President Donald Trump met with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for the first time in the Oval Office in November. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
People with knowledge of the conversation described the tone of the messages as “friendly.”
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“It wouldn’t make practical or political sense for them to shout at each other in public or private,” one politician said, adding: “Of course they can’t look too relaxed.”
The source added: “Mamdani would be smart to kiss Trump’s ass… Especially when the federal government can withhold billions of dollars from the city.”
US President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (left) at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on November 21, 2025. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
The duo’s personally evolving relationship and regular conversation is a marked departure from previous interactions between presidents and New York City mayors in recent history.
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Even Mamdani’s predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams, who bonded with Trump last year and traveled to D.C. to attend the midnight inauguration, had to connect with the president through intermediaries.
“It’s remarkable how comfortable Trump feels,” said Andrew Kirtzman, CEO of strategic communications company KSX. [Mamdani]”
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump answer questions from the press after their one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday. (Pool / Fox News)
“He hated the last left-wing mayor (Bill) de Blasio and probably felt alienated from the city because of that,” he said. “He seems to feel an emotional connection with Mamdani. The mayor must be completely stunned by what’s going on.”
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Asked what impact this would have on Mamdani’s base of Democratic Socialists of America, who despise the Republican White House, Kirtzman said he believed they would likely give the left-wing mayor a pass.
“I think the Left understands that from Mamdani’s point of view, this is purely transactional,” he said.
