Donald Trump lined up a slate of bilateral meetings for UN General Assembly week in New York, including talks with Volodymyr Zelensky and a Monday meeting with Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion. Zelensky said on Sunday that the two had agreed to meet after "an important conversation" and that "this meeting could change a lot," The Hill reported.
What is on the schedule? Nearly 130 heads of state are meeting in New York as the UN weathers attacks from Trump, who has slashed U.S. funding for many of its agencies, the Korea Times reported. Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., told reporters on Friday that Trump would arrive on Monday afternoon for "political events" that evening. He addresses the General Assembly on Tuesday morning, and "he will touch on the importance of ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear weapon," Waltz said. On Tuesday Trump is also set for separate bilateral meetings with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, their first in person, and Japanese Prime Minister 
Sanae Takaichi; a person familiar with the matter said the Zelensky meeting was expected the same day.
What is the Mamdani meeting about? A White House official and the mayor's office said on Sunday that the meeting would go ahead, and Mamdani's office said it "will focus on issues affecting New York City and New Yorkers." The two have criticized each other's policy positions and hold radically different worldviews, yet their first meeting, at the White House last November, proved friendly, the Korea Times reported. Mamdani described their second meeting, earlier this year, as productive.
Where does Delcy Rodríguez fit in? The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is likely to come up when Trump meets Gulf Cooperation Council leaders, after which he is set to hold a reception for the council and his first in-person meeting with Rodríguez, the Korea Times reported. Venezuela's interim president is backed by Washington after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolas Maduro. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican, on Sunday defended Trump's decision to meet Rodríguez, calling her a "necessary evil" until Venezuela can hold free and fair elections, The Hill reported.
Figures referenced: Donald Trump, Sanae Takaichi. — JudgeMarket.
