As the New York City mayoral race consolidates behind polling leader Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, President Donald Trump is dangling his federal authority in a bid to persuade the deep-blue city to vote against Mamdani.
“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,” Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. “He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.”
Notably, Trump is vowing to defund democratic socialism in his former home city of New York.
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