President Trump Tuesday unleashed a brand new salvo of insults and assaults on Zohran Mamdani and repeated his threats to chop federal funding to NYC if the Democratic nominee wins the upcoming mayoral election.
“I wouldn’t be generous to a communist that’s going to take the money and throw it out the window,” Trump added. “We’re not going to let someone get into office and squander the taxpayer money from this country. Not going to let it happen.”
Trump derided Mamdani as a “down and dirty” leftist who “hates Jewish people” and the NYPD.
“He’s down and dirty. He’s a communist,” Trump stated of the Democratic candidate for mayor. “He hates police. He’s threatened to get rid of all police. He hates Jewish people and yet he has Jewish people supporting him.”
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President Trump greets Argentina’s President Javier Milei on the White Home on Tuesday. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)
Trump in contrast the Massive Apple to the cash-strapped South American nation of Argentina and reprised his menace to chop off funding to New York out of fears Mamdani would waste the cash on progressive priorities.
“I’m not going to send a lot of money to New York, because I don’t have to,” Trump stated. “The money all comes through the White House.”
Trump, who was talking at a press convention with the right-wing president of Argentina, introduced up Mamdani out of the blue when requested whether or not he would minimize off help if that nation’s ruling occasion loses upcoming legislative elections.
The president agreed that he would minimize off help to Argentina as a result of it will quantity to being a waste of cash to fund banana republic insurance policies, then shifted to his threats to slash help to New York over Mamdani’s progressive platform.
“We’re not going to ruin one of our great cities,” he stated.
Trump additionally instructed he would contemplate bringing his Nationwide Guard and immigration crackdown to New York if Mamdani wins, with out providing any specifics.
Mamdani’s marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Trump’s remarks.
Nevertheless at an occasion with Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul did deal with Trump’s threats to chop off town.
“New York City is the economic engine for the entire state. And just as no one should ever root against our country, we should not root against New York City. Everyone in this country should be vested in the success of New York City as I am.”
She added, “When the time comes, I’ll certainly be having those conversations and point out that this is detrimental to his properties, his business interests, his friends in the city, and a whole way of life that I know that perhaps someday he’ll come back to.”
The governor stated she has not spoken to Trump about Mamdani.
Mamdani holds a commanding lead in polls over Republican Curtis Sliwa and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who’s operating as an unbiased after shedding the Democratic major by a large margin. Mayor Eric Adams pulled the plug on his reelection bid however will nonetheless be on the Nov. 4 poll.
Trump criticized the NYC mayoral subject, saying that Mamdani’s opponents ought to have simply been capable of defeat him.
“It’s a fluke if he gets in,” Trump stated, with out naming Sliwa or Cuomo. “There’s a lot of failed people running against him. You have inferior candidates or something. It’s impossible to think New York could have a communist mayor.”
Opposite to Trump’s declare, Congress appropriates cash for federal packages which might be distributed pretty to cities and states nationwide. It wouldn’t be authorized for the White Home or federal businesses to chop off funding to New York on account of partisan political variations.
Initially Revealed: October 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM EDT
