President Trump Monday warned New York Metropolis voters to not elect Zohran Mamdani as mayor, threatening to starve town of federal funding if the Democratic nominee wins in November.
In his newest stab at interfering within the race for Metropolis Corridor, Trump threatened to slash funding to town if Mamdani beats Republican Curtis Sliwa and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who’s operating as an unbiased.
“He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City,” Trump posted on his social media website. “Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises.”
“He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him?” the president added.
Mamdani leads polls of the competition even after Mayor Adams has left the race, leaving a three-way contest.
Trump has repeatedly sought to place his thumb on the dimensions to harm Mamdani’s possibilities. It’s unclear if that might assist or damage Mamdani given Trump is unpopular within the metropolis and received simply 30% of the vote within the 5 boroughs within the 2024 presidential contest.
At the same time as he urges his hometown to vote towards Mamdani, Trump paradoxically predicted the “the “self-proclaimed Communist” would “prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to” the GOP if he will get to Gracie Mansion.
“This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years,” Trump mentioned. “It will fail again, and that’s guaranteed.”
Trump beforehand sought to stress Adams to tug out of the race and endorse Cuomo, a transfer that reportedly led Adams to haggle with the White Home over a attainable profitable administration job in alternate for suspending his marketing campaign.
These talks are mentioned to have collapsed however Adams pulled the plug on his reelection anyway over the weekend. His identify will nonetheless be on the poll and he declined to again Cuomo, doubtlessly limiting any increase for the average candidate within the race.
Initially Printed: September 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM EDT
