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What to expect from Trumps meeting with Mamdani · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: In just hours, a highly anticipated meeting that could bring
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  Speaker 1: high drama to the White House. We may only hear
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  Speaker 1: about it but never see it. President Trump will host
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  Speaker 1: New York City mayor elect. So we're on Mamdannie at
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  Speaker 1: the White House this afternoon and this morning. We're learning
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  Speaker 1: about Mam Donnie's preparation for this high stakes meeting by
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  Speaker 1: calling on some high profile Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer for advice on how to best communicate with
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  Speaker 1: President Trump. The President has been repeatedly insulting Mam Donnie,
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  Speaker 1: threatening to withhold federal friends from New York, and referring
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  Speaker 1: to him as a communist over and over again, which
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  Speaker 1: he is not. Still, maum Donnie has said he wants
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  Speaker 1: to talk to the President and focus on ways that
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  Speaker 1: he can help New Yorker. Seen as Gloria Pasmino has
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  Speaker 1: been following Mam Donnie's trail for the longest. What are
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  Speaker 1: you learning this morning about this meeting?
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  Speaker 2: Look, this is high stakes. This is a really big
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  Speaker 2: moment for the mayor elect, but frankly also for the president.
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  Speaker 2: We have seen in the last few days that President
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump has been speaking about affordability he has talked
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  Speaker 2: about how Democrats use this word and reference to groceries
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  Speaker 2: in order to win the last bunch of elections that
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  Speaker 2: we saw just a couple of weeks ago. But of course,
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  Speaker 2: as we know, affordability and groceries and the cost of
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  Speaker 2: living is something that is on the minds of so
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  Speaker 2: many Americans and was certainly on the minds of many
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  Speaker 2: of the New Yorkers who voted for Zora Mamnani just
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  Speaker 2: a few days ago and elected him to be the
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  Speaker 2: next mayor. So we're going to see a very interesting
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  Speaker 2: back and forth. Hopefully for now. We're told that this
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  Speaker 2: meeting is behind closed doors, but Sarah, you know things
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  Speaker 2: that the White House can be a bit unpredictable, and
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  Speaker 2: the question here is whether or not Donald Trump might
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  Speaker 2: open up those doors and allow the cameras to come in.
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  Speaker 2: And what happens then then will be even more interesting
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  Speaker 2: because we've seen how some of these public meetings play
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  Speaker 2: out before, where he meets with, whether it's as state
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  Speaker 2: leaders or leaders from other countries, sometimes he tries to
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  Speaker 2: embarrass them. We saw Vladimir Selinski get braided for not
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  Speaker 2: wearing a suit to the White House, so it could
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  Speaker 2: really go off the rails, and mom Nani knows that
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  Speaker 2: he has to kind of be on his feet, so
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  Speaker 2: he got some advice on how to do that from
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  Speaker 2: Senator Chuck Schumer, Haqem Jeffries, Governor Kathy Hokl. All of
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  Speaker 2: them have had conversations and have a relationship, even if
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  Speaker 2: a tense one at times. With President Trump. We know
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  Speaker 2: that mam Nani is on his way. He's tweeted just
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  Speaker 2: a short while ago a selfie from what it looks
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  Speaker 2: like the inside of an airplane. There you see him.
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  Speaker 2: He says it was just an airplane emoji. So he
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  Speaker 2: is on his way to DC. But you know, considering
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  Speaker 2: what we know about how these two men have spoken
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  Speaker 2: about one another in the last few months, I think
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of people who are going to be
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  Speaker 2: closely watching to see how it goes. Tick a listen
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  Speaker 2: to just how Trump and mam Nani have been talking
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  Speaker 2: about each other in recent weeks.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to be hard for me as the president
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  Speaker 3: to give a lot of money to New York because
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  Speaker 3: if you have a communist running New York, all you're
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  Speaker 3: doing is wasting the money you're sending there.
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  Speaker 4: I have many disagreements with the President, and I believe
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  Speaker 4: that we should be relentless and pursue all avenues and
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  Speaker 4: all meetings that could make our city affordable for every
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  Speaker 4: single New Yorker. I intend to make it clear to
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  Speaker 4: President Trump that I will work with him on any
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  Speaker 4: agenda that benefits New Yorkers. If an agenda hurts New Yorkers,
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  Speaker 4: I will also be the first to say something.
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  Speaker 3: Now, Sara.
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  Speaker 2: As diametrically opposed as these two men are, I also
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  Speaker 2: think that they actually have something in common, and that
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  Speaker 2: is they both have figured out a very effective way
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  Speaker 2: to communicate with their supporters. These two are from New York,
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  Speaker 2: They're both from Queens. I think President Trump sees something
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  Speaker 2: in mom Nani that perhaps I would venture to say,
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  Speaker 2: he admires, you know the way that he has used
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  Speaker 2: social media to really reach out to his supporters, and
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  Speaker 2: you know his focus on affordability and really what is
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  Speaker 2: a populous message that he himself used to get so
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  Speaker 2: many of his supporters right.
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  Speaker 1: The affordability issue is the economy. It's just another word
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  Speaker 1: for it, and that's how Donald Trump got into office himself.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to be an interesting meeting and what
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  Speaker 1: we are all waiting for to see if it is
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  Speaker 1: actually going to be made public. We will see, Lauria,
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  Speaker 1: if that's been our Thank you so much for your
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  Speaker 1: great reporting job.
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  Speaker 5: All right, Willius Now Republican strategist Neil Chatterjee and Executive
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  Speaker 5: committee chair of the New York State Democratic Committee. Christine
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  Speaker 5: Quinn a New York City person through and through. And Christine,
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  Speaker 5: let me ask this to you. I know it's the
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  Speaker 5: wrong neighborhood. They're both from Queen's. But if this were
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  Speaker 5: like a West Side Story thing, what happens when the
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  Speaker 5: Sharks and the Jets both show up to the Oval Office,
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  Speaker 5: what's going to happen today?
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  Speaker 6: Well, I think the ending's going to be very different
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  Speaker 6: than it was in the player, the movie. You know, Look,
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  Speaker 6: the mayor elect is doing what is customary, going to
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  Speaker 6: see the president, the mayor elect of the biggest city
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  Speaker 6: in the country, and he's going to take his affordability
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  Speaker 6: agenda to the President and hopefully they will be able
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  Speaker 6: to find some common ground because the mayor elect to
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  Speaker 6: said over and over he'll work with anybody who is
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  Speaker 6: committed to making the lives of New Yorkers better and
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  Speaker 6: more affordable.
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  Speaker 5: Do you feel Neil that that is where the incentive
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  Speaker 5: structure is here from a political standpoint to both of
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  Speaker 5: these men have an incentive to behave and make this
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  Speaker 5: a constructive discussion, or are they perhaps incentivized to make
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  Speaker 5: it a show.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, Look, this is all going to be theater and
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  Speaker 7: maybe not the Sharks and the Jets. My daughter is
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  Speaker 7: starring in The Outsiders later today, the socials versus the Greasers.
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  Speaker 7: This is going to be pure theater. It is good
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  Speaker 7: politics for both of them. For the President, he wants
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  Speaker 7: to elevate Madam. He wants him to be the face
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  Speaker 7: of the National Democrat Party. He wants Republicans to run
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  Speaker 7: against Mandami in the midterms, and this is a way
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  Speaker 7: of platforming him, giving him a big stage, putting him
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  Speaker 7: on the stage, making him that figure for the mayor elect.
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  Speaker 7: This is an opportunity to demonstrate fight. That's what the
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  Speaker 7: Democrat base wants right now. They want someone who's willing
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  Speaker 7: to go toe to toe and fight with President Trump.
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  Speaker 7: I do think this will be largely theatric. I do think,
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  Speaker 7: as was previously mentioned, these guys kind of you know,
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  Speaker 7: have similar approaches though different ideologies, and I think this
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  Speaker 7: is great for both of them to be totally honest politically.
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  Speaker 5: All right, If Neil is right, Christine, this is the outsiders.
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  Speaker 5: Will Mendanni stay gold pony boy? If President Trump does
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  Speaker 5: go after him as a constituent here in New York City,
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  Speaker 5: do you want him to rise to the occasion? Do
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  Speaker 5: you want to see him? Is it more important than
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  Speaker 5: he goes toe to toe with the President or is
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  Speaker 5: it more important that he charms him and gets what
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  Speaker 5: he wants from him.
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  Speaker 6: Well, I think we can all agree his campaign was
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  Speaker 6: both Tony Award winning and Academy Award winning. But that said,
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  Speaker 6: keeping this theme going, Look, I think the Mayor elect
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  Speaker 6: is incredibly focused on getting every level of government and
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  Speaker 6: every level of society committed to making the biggest city
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  Speaker 6: in the country more affordable for everyone. So no matter
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  Speaker 6: what your job is, you can have a full, dignified life,
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  Speaker 6: a life where your children can do better than you.
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  Speaker 6: I think he is going there, you know, with an
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  Speaker 6: open heart and open mind to see where they can
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  Speaker 6: come together. I don't believe, knowing the Mayor elect, that
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  Speaker 6: this is really about theater. It's about trying to get
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  Speaker 6: a goal accomplished. We're out of the campaign we're into government.
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  Speaker 5: So what's interesting is that Zaura Memdani has been talking
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  Speaker 5: about affordability since he launched his campaign, and he's been
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  Speaker 5: doing it in a way they connected with voters. Neil,
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  Speaker 5: President Trump has been using the word affordability for like
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  Speaker 5: a week and doesn't seem to like it. You can
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  Speaker 5: see him almost say, you know, they call it affordability.
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  Speaker 5: He puts it almost in air quotes there, and it
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  Speaker 5: seems to be something the administration is having a challenge discussing.
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  Speaker 5: Listen to what Jade Vans, the Vice President, says about this.
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  Speaker 4: Even though we've made incredible progress, we understand that there's
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  Speaker 4: a lot more work to do.
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  Speaker 5: And the thing that I'd ask for the American people
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  Speaker 5: is a.
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  Speaker 1: Little bit of patience.
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  Speaker 5: This economy was not harmed in ten months. So now Neil,
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  Speaker 5: they're saying people have to wait a little bit. While
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  Speaker 5: they're running the campaign, it was the type of thing
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  Speaker 5: like day one, I'm going to do X, Y and Z.
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  Speaker 5: Now they're going to have to wait. But to what
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  Speaker 5: extent do you think that the White House is struggling
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  Speaker 5: not with the economy, but with the messaging on the economy.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, look, this is they're making missteps. To be totally candidate.
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  Speaker 7: You know, my backgrounds have energy and electricity. Electricity prices
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  Speaker 7: were a huge issue in the November elections in Virginia.
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  Speaker 7: In New Jersey, electricity prices are through the roof and inexplicably.
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  Speaker 7: The administration has been taking steps to create obstacles to
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  Speaker 7: the deployment of clean energy of solar and battery storage
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  Speaker 7: and wind at a time when demanded through the roof
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  Speaker 7: and we need every available electron. I think they have
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  Speaker 7: time to get it right, but they need to make
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  Speaker 7: some shifts on policy. Don't constrain clean energy at a
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  Speaker 7: moment in time.
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  Speaker 3: When we need it.
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  Speaker 7: If you want to bring down electricity prices, let's unleash
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  Speaker 7: all of the above energy, which is what the President
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  Speaker 7: talked about on the campaign trail. They haven't governed in
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  Speaker 7: that way. I'm hoping they will course correct.
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  Speaker 5: Noil chatategy corsinquin.
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  Speaker 6: Having to wait with all of these failed policies is
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  Speaker 6: people lose their jobs, people lose their homes. Time is
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  Speaker 6: a terrible thing in this affordability crisis. It's real life
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  Speaker 6: for Americans, you know.
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  Speaker 5: Just in terms of political messaging, saying wait, wait, wait
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  Speaker 5: is always a hard a hard thing to sell. But
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  Speaker 5: we'll see what else they have over the next coming
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  Speaker 5: days and we steal strategy corsinquin. Great to see you,
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  Speaker 5: oh thanks for playing along.