Posted on 12/31/2024 9:41:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
After years of a strained relationship, President-elect Donald Trump and Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser met Monday to discuss shared priorities.
Bowser, a Democrat, said in a statement it was a “great meeting” and that she and Trump “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.”
As The Hill notes, the two had previously met in 2016 and were initially on good terms, but the relationship declined 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. (The Hill)
In her statement, Bowser said the two “discussed areas of collaboration between local and federal government, especially around our federal workforce, underutilized federal buildings, parks and green spaces, and infrastructure.”
Bowser expressed her optimism that she will “continue to find common ground with the President” and said she looked “forward to supporting a successful inauguration on January 20.”
Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser met with President Donald Trump.
Following the meeting, the Mayor shared the following statement:
pic.twitter.com/XGRyQaDJW5— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) December 31, 2024
Bowser is, was, and always will be the prime example of a DIE hire.
WILL SHE GET RE-ELECTED???
This skank never thought for a moment Trump would return. Now she has to suck it up.
Muriel BowWow is a disgrace. Never forget what she didn’t authorize in the run-up to J6.
I suspect so.
We won, she lost. It’s time for her to suck it up and get over it.
“..Bowser is, was, and always will be the prime example of a DIE hire....”
Without a doubt.
Look up “DEI” in the dictionary and her picture should be right there along with Alvin Bragg, Fat Fani Willis, Loretta “Peekaboo” James along with a host of others.
The new DOJ can probably find much that she can be charged with.
Congress should take back its Constitutional responsibility to govern DC! How many more years do we need to continue to demonstrate that Nixon’s stupid idea is a failure.
Said it would give a bad impression of DC.
Thank you. This is an encouraging gesture. Now if only Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass would do the same...
Bowser is afraid this incoming Congress will end DC self-rule. that’s the reason for her attempt to’make nice.’
The new DOJ can probably find much that she can be charged with.
“Bowser is, was, and always will be the prime example of a DEI hire.”
The mayor of Baltimore is worse...
If the SWAT team needs to eliminate a threat then there is no jury.
DC “government” is an unconstitutional farce.
What did “exercise exclusive legislation IN ALL CASES WHATSOEVER” mean in 1788? It means the same thing today.
And thus her “reason” for meeting with the President
Run scared, you traitorous bitch
Maybe someone should tell her that Washington DC isn’t a city.
The mayor, or the former mayor who just got outta prison?
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/former-mayor-of-baltimore-conv-qwXjbHNVR4mU9br9L0fOkw
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