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D.C. Mayor Summoned for Rare Meeting With President

Before this week’s snow fell, President Donald Trump summoned Mayor Muriel Bowser to the White House in a rare Oval Office meeting for a D.C. mayor.

Before this week’s snow fell, President Donald Trump summoned Mayor Muriel Bowser to the White House in a rare Oval Office meeting for a D.C. mayor.

 

“I’m not sure if a [D.C.] mayor has had an Oval Office meeting with the president before,” Mayor Bowser said.

 

It’s her second sit-down with Trump since his November election.

 

As a resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and the namesake of Trump International Hotel in the Old Post Office building, Trump is a supporter of the District of Columbia, Bowser believes.

 

“The president, in all of my interactions with him directly, has been very respectful and complimentary of our city,” Bowser said.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.