Wilson, 43, narrowly pulled out the win on Election Night earlier this month, garnering 50.2 percent of the votes and only pulling ahead of incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 2,004 votes, according to the King County Board of Elections.She has promised her constituents that she will come into office with a progressive, socialist agenda, which promises new taxes on the rich and publicly-backed grocery stores - policies Mamdani, 34, has also said he would enact. The two mayor-elects are often compared to each other.
President Donald Trump, 79, has also already called her a 'very liberal-slash-communist mayor' who he said was 'certainly beyond just liberal.'
He also diminished her to 'another beauty' and has threatened to take away the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which has a scheduled six matches in the Emerald City this summer.
'If we think there's gonna be another problem, we're gonna move this event to another place where it's going to be appreciated and safe,' Trump said.Socialist Katie Wilson, 43, narrowly won against incumbent Mayor Bruce HarrellShe has frequently been compared to NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (left). Donald Trump called Wilson 'another beauty' and threatened to pull the 2026 FIFA World Cup from the city
Now, Wilson is prepared to stand before President Trump, if he'll have her, to defend her city.
'I’ll meet with anyone,' she told The Seattle Times. 'I mean, he’s the president of the United States... There are going to be some people who probably see taking those meetings as selling out./-