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Trump vows to chop NYC funding if ‘communist’ mayoral frontrunner Mamdani wins

Trump vows to cut NYC funding if 'communist' mayoral frontrunner Mamdani wins

President Donald Trump believes Zohran Mamdani can be “very unhealthy” for the Large Apple and if elected, the Democratic socialist may put New York Metropolis’s federal funding in danger. 

“He is a communist… a pure communist,” Trump mentioned of New York State Assemblyman and mayoral race frontrunner Mamdani on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo.

“For instance this, if he does get in, I will be president, and he’ll should do the proper factor,” Trump continued. “They are not getting any cash. He is obtained to do the proper factor.”

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President Donald Trump commented on New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic socialist run on “Sunday Morning Futures” June 29, 2025. (Getty Photos/Photograph illustration / Getty Photos)

Final week, upstart progressive Zohran Mamdani shocked the political world, as he topped former Governor Andrew Cuomo and the remainder of the 11-candidate area in closely blue New York Metropolis’s Democratic Celebration mayoral major and took an enormous step towards turning into the primary Muslim mayor of the nation’s most populous metropolis.

Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist state assemblyman from Queens who initially hailed from Uganda, captured 43.5% of the primary spherical unofficial major outcomes, with Cuomo at 36.4%.

“I feel it’s totally unhealthy for New York. I do not know that he’ll get in, it’s inconceivable that he’s,” President Trump reacted on Sunday. “It is stunning… I used to say we are going to by no means have a socialist on this nation. No, however we’ll have a communist. I imply, he is a communist and going to be mayor of New York. So I used to be very shocked.”

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The Large Apple’s potential future mayor’s numerous proposals embrace eliminating fares to experience New York Metropolis’s huge bus system, making CUNY (Metropolis College of New York) “tuition-free,” freezing rents on municipal housing, providing “free childcare” for youngsters, city-owned grocery shops and creating a brand new Division of Neighborhood Security geared toward stopping violence earlier than it happens. 

“He is a radical-left lunatic,” Trump mentioned. “I can let you know this – whoever’s mayor of New York goes to should behave themselves, or the federal authorities is coming down very robust on them financially.

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Fox Information’ Paul Steinhauser and Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.

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