New York's incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, after an exchange of barbs that has seized national attention.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old political insurgent who came from nowhere to win leadership of America's biggest city, said Thursday he was "ready for whatever happens."
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