DC mayor describes ‘forward-looking’ assembly with Trump forward of inauguration

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser detailed what she described as a “forward-looking” and “candid” assembly with President-elect Trump throughout an interview with MSNBC on Saturday. 

“You might be proper that town of Washington, D.C., the capital metropolis, has a unique relationship with the president of the US than some other metropolis in America,” Bowser mentioned. “And I’ve had the privilege now to work, this will probably be my third transition with the president and the second with Donald Trump.”

MSNBC host and former RNC chair Michael Steele requested Bowser about what D.C. residents may count on from the president-elect forward of his inauguration day and the way she went concerning the assembly, noting that the 2 had a considerably contentious relationship throughout Trump’s first time period.

“And I’d characterize it as a forward-looking assembly, the place we talked concerning the issues which are essential for the district and for him in his second time period. I feel it was candid. I feel it was level-setting, and we’re wanting ahead to engaged on these shared priorities,” Bowser mentioned. 

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser described her assembly with President-elect Trump throughout an interview with MSNBC on Saturday. (Screenshot/MSNBC)

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MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend mentioned it was not a contentious assembly, and famous the pair additionally talked about crime. 

“I’d say that it was like several assembly that you’d count on between two leaders which have constituents who wish to transfer town and the nation ahead. It was not a fast assembly, both. It was not rushed. I’d say we had been there between 45 minutes and an hour,” Bowser defined. 

After their assembly, Bowser mentioned in a press release that she was hopeful they might discover widespread floor. 

“I’m optimistic that we’ll proceed to search out widespread floor with the president throughout his second time period, and we sit up for supporting a profitable inauguration on January 20,” she added. 

President-elect Trump arrives to talk at a information convention at Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Texas. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)

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Trump and Bowser clashed in the summertime of Trump’s first time period, particularly throughout the George Floyd riots. 

Bowser declared {that a} portion of the road main as much as the White Home that protesters spray-painted to learn “Defund the Police” can be formally acknowledged by the District of Columbia as “Black Lives Matter Plaza” in 2020. 

Bowser and Trump additionally publicly sparred over using federal regulation enforcement to quell the riots and protests that engulfed the nation’s capital, in addition to different American cities. 

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Moreover, Trump criticized a proposal in 2020 to change nationwide monuments. The proposal was put forth by a gaggle tasked by the D.C. mayor to search out colleges, parks, monuments, statues and buildings named after historic figures that they consider signify an oppressive or racist historical past.

Fox Information’ Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.