Trump Rescinds Plans To Deploy National Guard To New York City | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump has apparently rescinded his plans to deploy National Guard troops to New York City.

Speaking with reporters on the White House Saturday, Trump was requested if he was nonetheless searching for to deploy the National Guard to his dwelling state.

Trump has confronted scrutiny for sending troops in latest months to Democratic-led citiestogether with Chicago and Los Angeles, the place they’ve triggered violent raids and brutal arrests.

“If they need it, [I will send troops]. Right now, other places need it more, but if they need it,” Trump responded. “We had a very good meeting yesterday.”

The right-wing chief added, “We talked about that, but if they need it, I would do it.”

Trump’s feedback adopted his Friday assembly with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on the White House. The political pair had hurled insults at one another from a distance in interviews and on social media earlier than finally assembly in particular person.

Before the assembly was organized, Trump and Mamdani’s contentious relationship heated up even additional after the president threatened to starve New York City of funding ought to Mamdani win the mayoral race.

Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, beat out Trump’s ex-foe, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), whom Trump endorsed, and Republican Curtis Sliwa within the New York City mayoral election earlier this month.

Though Trump and Mamdani had a surprisingly cordial assembly, Mamdani didn’t reverse course on referring to Trump as a fascist as he additionally did throughout his mayoral marketing campaign.

When requested by a reporter throughout Friday’s assembly if he nonetheless views Trump as a fascist, the president interjected earlier than Mamdani might reply, blurting out, “That’s OK, you can just say yes. It’s easier than explaining it, I don’t mind.”

“OK, yes,” the mayor-elect responded with a smile as Trump gave him a seemingly pleasant pat on his arm.

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Mamdani was requested once more if he nonetheless stands by his earlier feedback about Trump.

“That’s something that I’ve said in the past. I say it today,” he replied. “And I think what I appreciated about the conversation that I had with the president was that we were not shy about the places of disagreement, about the politics that has brought us to this moment.”

Mamdani added: “And we also wanted to focus on what it could look like to deliver on a shared analysis of an affordability crisis for New Yorkers.”