Washington, D. C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she had a “great” conference with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, as he is slated to return to the White House in less than three months.
Bowser, who was also the president during Trump’s second term in office, announced later Monday that she met with the president-elect in a statement.
Now, Mayor Muriel Bowser met with President Donald Trump.
Following the meeting, the Mayor shared the following statement: photograph. twitter.com/XGRyQaDJW5
— Mayor Muriel Bowser ( @MayorBowser ) December 31, 2024
” Today,  , President Trump , and I had a great meeting to discuss our shared interests for the President’s next term. Both President Trump and I want Washington, DC to be the best, most stunning city in the world, and we want the money to reveal our country’s strength, Bowser said.
Trump recently declared that an “important part” of his campaign platform was to “bring again, recover, and restore Washington, D. C., into the’ crown jewel’ of our Nation”, and in her statement, Bowser emphasized points of cooperation where she could operate with Trump.
” We discussed places for cooperation between local and federal government, especially around our national labor, neglected national houses, gardens, and green spaces and infrastructure”, said Bowser.
We look forward to supporting a powerful opening on January 20 and I’m confident that we will find common ground with the President during his second word, Bowser continued.
One of the factors that district officials seem most enthusiastic about Trump’s assistance is the return of federal employees to the office, where remote work has had an impact on the district’s economy and its transit systems.
The district’s main public transportation system, the Metro, has yet to completely regain ridership, with weekly Metrorail ridership only dropping by about 39 %. With fewer in-person staff since the pandemic, which has resulted in fewer customers and fewer federal employees, resuming those positions could help offset that fall.
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Bowser earlier this month told Congress that the area is prepared for federal workers to resume their in-office duties in hopes that the incoming Trump administration may encourage more employees to return to the area.
District officials have also expressed a desire to recycle unused federal business area for housing and other businesses because some federal office buildings are generally clear. With the coming Trump government’s Department of Government Performance efforts aiming to reduce waste and increase the president’s productivity, district officials may get their wish.
