DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has ‘great meeting’ with Trump
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that she had a “great meeting” with President-elect Trump.
“Today, President Trump and I had a great meeting to discuss our shared priorities for the President’s second term,” Bowser said in a statement on X. “President Trump and I both want Washington, DC to be the best, most beautiful city in the world and we want the capital city to reflect the strength of our nation.”
It wasn’t Bowser and Trump’s first meeting.
In 2016, Bowser met with Trump at Trump Tower, where they discussed his first transition into the White House, Axios reported.
At the time, Bowser said the pair had a “wide-ranging conversation” about public transportation costs and said Trump was “a supporter of the District of Columbia.”
While the two started on decent terms, their relationship faltered over the years.
In 2018, Trump said he was canceling a military parade through D.C., blaming local politicians for the $92 million price tag.
Bowser responded to Trump’s comment with some sarcasm, claiming to be the local politician who “finally” got through to the “reality star in the White House.”
Two years later, Trump sharply rebuked Bowser, calling her incompetent after she withdrew military personnel and federal law enforcement from the 2020 George Floyd protests in the city.
The then-president said Bowser was “constantly” coming to the federal government for “handouts,” and the National Guard had saved her from “great embarrassment” with the protests.
The two sparred over the Black Lives Matter protests across the city. In a letter, Bowser asked Trump to withdraw the law enforcement presence in Washington since protesters were peaceful.
Things have appeared to be smoothed over between Bowser and Trump as he prepares to re-enter the White House.
In her statement Monday, Bowser said she and Trump discussed areas for collaboration between Washington’s local government and the federal government that governs out of the city. There are areas for partnership, particularly in the city’s federal workforce, “underutilized federal buildings, parks and green spaces, and infrastructure,” she said.
“I am optimistic that we will continue to find common ground with the President during his second term, and we look forward to supporting a successful inauguration on January 20,” Bowser’s statement said.
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