New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he intends to be “proactive” by reaching out to President Donald Trump before taking office, calling their communication “a relationship that will be critical” to the city’s success.

Mamdani made the comments in an interview with NBC New York on Tuesday, one week after taunting the president following his election-night victory.

“Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up,” Mamdani, a democratic socialist, told the president from the stage of his Brooklyn victory party on Nov. 4.

But now, Mamdani is motivated to cultivate a relationship in an attempt to stave off deployment of federal immigration agents or National Guard troops to New York.

“I will be proactive,” Mamdani told the outlet. “I will be reaching out to the White House as we prepare to actually take office because this is a relationship that will be critical to the success of the city.”

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