“President Trump and I had an ideal meeting to debate our shared priorities for the President’s second term,” said Bowser. “President Trump and I each want Washington DC to be the perfect, most beautiful city on the earth and we wish the capital city to reflect the strength of our nation.”
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President-elect Donald Trump and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser had a gathering on Monday to debate the president’s return to Washington which comes on the heels of Congressional motion that transferred the RFK stadium site to the town’s control, because the unique city looks toward the long run hopeful of a productive relationship with the brand new administration and a Republican-controlled Congress.
“We discussed areas for collaboration between local and federal government, especially around our federal workforce, underutilized federal buildings, parks and green spaces and infrastructure,” said Bowser in a press release posted on X.
The town is preparing for Trump’s second inauguration and scored a $90 million budget appropriation to assist pay for extra costs incurred throughout the transition. The approval was a part of the continuing resolution signed into law just before Christmas.
“I’m optimistic that we’ll proceed to search out common ground with the President during his second term and we sit up for supporting a successful inauguration on January 20,” said Mayor Bowser.
Washington, which boasts a triple-A bond rating, has a posh arrangement with the federal government because it pertains to oversight powers over the town’s budget.
The town’s leadership team has noted that the specter of government shutdowns and arguments over the debt ceiling affects Washington’s standings with the credit standing agencies.
Congress has been known to tack on contentious legislative riders to budget requests however the CR, which keeps the federal government open till March 14 also included a preferred rider that transfers the crumbling RFK stadium site to Washington.
The town has a energetic history of issuing bonds to support its sports franchises including a planned $515 million issuance that might be used to renovate Capital One Arena within the Chinatown neighborhood. The world is home to the town’s skilled hockey and basketball teams.
The RFK site, which is about two miles east of the Capitol constructing, currently sits mostly idle and includes 174-acres of surface parking lots and the stadium which was the house Washington’s skilled football team from 1961-1996. The team moved to a recent stadium in Landover, Maryland.
Washington D.C. leadership plans to renovate the location right into a mixed-use development that may include residential, entertainment, and retail elements to lure the National Football League’s Commanders back to the town.
Trump and Bowser butted heads during Trump’s first administration after he proposed staging a military parade that the town said would cost $92 million to provide. The handling of Black Lives Matter protests staged in the town also spurred acrimony between the 2.
While on the campaign trail, Trump called out the town’s leadership saying, “We’ll rebuild our cities, including our capital in Washington D.C., which has change into a really dangerous and badly managed place. We will make them protected, clean and exquisite again.”
For now, it appears the Republican President-elect and the Democratic Mayor are back on friendlier terms.
“President Trump and I had an ideal meeting to debate our shared priorities for the President’s second term,” said Bowser. “President Trump and I each want Washington D.C. to be the perfect, most beautiful city on the earth and we wish the capital city to reflect the strength of our nation.”