Donald Trump has often cast Washington, DC, as an urban hellscape, but the city’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, said she had a “great meeting” with the president-elect on Monday and came away “optimistic that we will continue to find common ground.

Bowser said her recent meeting with Trump centered on the federal workforce and underutilized federal buildings.

Bowser’s optimistic tenor appears part of a strategy to collaborate with Trump rather than provoke him in a city where over 90 percent of voters rejected him.

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser confirms that President Joe Biden signed the RFK stadium bill, officially putting it into law that the District holds control over the land that the former Washington Commanders stadium sits on.

In a short statement, Bowser said the two talked about collaboration between the city and federal government on several topics like the federal workforce, underutilized federal buildings, parks and green spaces,

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser detailed her meeting with President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his second term on Saturday during an interview on MSNBC.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser detailed her roughly hour-long meeting with President-elect Donald Trump during an interview on MSNBC, and said he was forward-looking and candid.