President Donald Trump is renewing his threats against New York City, suggesting he'll withhold federal funds and deploy the National Guard, as he did in other major cities, if Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.
Speaking Tuesday at the White House, Trump hurled insults at the Democratic candidate anew.
"We have a Communist, 33 years old, doesn't know a thing, probably never worked a day in his life, and he sort of caught on. I'm not going to send a lot of money to New Yorkhttps://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIF.i1lDsFxaLYUz%2fHU8dP3MqA&pid=Api&h=220&P=0," Trump said. "We're not going to ruin one of our great cities, because we'll make that great. We will clean up the crime in about 30 days."
"It took 12 days to do Washington, DC, so New York is bigger, and Chicago, we've already made a lot of progress despite fighting from the government. All of these cities, we want to clean them up," he added. "We don't like that opposition. But if somebody is going to be a communist mayor of New York. It's a fluke if he gets in."
The comments add to an arsenal Trump has wielded against the city. A day after Eric Adams dropped his reelection bid, Trump called Mamdani "one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican party," and threatened to withhold federal funds should he win. He called him a Communist, as he did again Tuesday.
Mamdani had no immediate comment on the latest jab. He appeared at an event with Gov. Kathy Hochul Tuesday night, their first joint appearance since she endorsed him a month ago, noting some philosophical differences. Hochul has pledged to have Mamdani's back, as well as New York's state, when it comes to Trump.
Trump revives Mamdani attack, threatens to send troops to NYC if ‘Communist' wins
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