Mamdani and Trump text friendship surprises political observers nationwide

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump exchange “friendly” missives 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 their friendly meeting at the White House in November, discussing a wide range of topics, from the overthrow of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to zoning red tape in Big Apple real estate, according to sources.

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)

Insiders with knowledge of the conversation described the tone of the texts as “friendly.”

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“It would make no practical and political sense for them to shout at each other – in public or in private,” one politician said, while noting: “Of course, they can’t appear too comfortable.”

The source added: “Mamdani would be smart to lick Trump’s ass…Especially when the federal government can withhold billions of dollars from the city.”

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (L) in the Oval Office of the White House November 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)

The burgeoning relationship and the regularity with which the two speak personally is a marked change from previous interactions between New York City presidents and mayors in recent history.

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Even Mamdani’s predecessor mayor, Eric Adams, who grew close to Trump and rushed to Washington in the middle of the night to attend his inauguration last year, had to contact the president through intermediaries.

Andrew Kirtzman, CEO of strategic communications company KSX, said it was “remarkable that Trump feels so comfortable with [Mamdani]”.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump take questions from the press following their one-on-one meeting Friday in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (Pool/Fox News)

“He hated (Bill) de Blasio, the last left-wing mayor, and probably felt alienated from the city because of it,” he said. “He seems to feel an emotional connection with Mamdani. The mayor must be totally amazed by what is happening.”

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Asked how that might play with Mamdani’s base, made up of members of the Democratic Socialists of America who despise the Republican White House, Kirtzman said he thought they would probably give the left-wing mayor a pass.

“I think the left understands that this is purely transactional from Mamdani’s point of view,” he said.