President Trump took aim at New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday, vowing to block federal funds if the progressive candidate wins the Nov. 4 election.
- "Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party. He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
- "Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises," Trump wrote. He won't be getting any of it, so what's the point of voting for him? This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years. It will fail again, and that's guaranteed!"
Trump's remarks followed incumbent Mayor Eric Adams' abrupt exit from the race Sunday. Mamdani defeated former New York Gov. Cuomo in the Democratic primary, while Cuomo continues his campaign as an independent following Adams' exit. The Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, has refused calls from Trump and others to drop out of the race, keeping the field crowded, CNBC reports. Asked about Trump's post during a press conference Monday, Mamdani said the president is going through "the stages of grief," ABC7 reports.
"He began with denial, where he said that there was no way we could win this race and that he would use every tool at his disposal to ensure that that was the case." He said the president has "reached the point where he's coming to terms with the fact that we're going to win this race, and he's coming to terms with it, because New Yorkers are tired of a politics here in this city that has more to do with Washington than it has to do with the people of this same city." Polls from the weeks before Adams' exit showed Mamdani leading by at least 15 points, per the New York Times.
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