‘NYC Will Be Social Disaster’: Trump Warns Of Halting Federal Funds If Zohran Mamdani Wins

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Donald Trump on Monday launched a blistering attack on New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, calling him a “communist” and warning that he would restrict federal funds to the city if Mamdani becomes mayor.

In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, “If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home.”

Trump claimed that under Mamdani’s leadership, New York City would have “zero chance of success or even survival.”

He added, “It can only get worse with a Communist at the helm, and I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad. It is my obligation to run the Nation, and it is my strong conviction that New York City will be a Complete and Total Economic and Social Disaster should Mamdani win.”

Calling Mamdani a politician with “no experience and a record of complete and total failure,” Trump further said, “His principles have been tested for over a thousand years, and never once have they been successful.”

In a surprising twist, Trump expressed support for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent candidate. “I would much rather see a Democrat, who has had a Record of Success, WIN, than a Communist with no experience and a Record of COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE,” Trump wrote, adding that “a vote for Curtis Sliwa (who looks much better without the beret!) is a vote for Mamdani.”

“Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice,” Trump continued.

“You must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!” he added.

The post comes just a day before New Yorkers head to the polls to elect their next mayor.

Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams, whose administration has been plagued by scandals, dropped out of the mayoral race in September.

November 4 is election day across the US, with polls opening from 6 am to 9 pm. The early voting period, which commenced on October 25, ended on Sunday.

Mamdani, the son of renowned Indian filmmaker Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani, a Ugandan author of Indian ancestry, upset Cuomo in the Democratic primary race for New York City mayor and was declared victorious in June.

The Board of Elections has said that more than 735,000 people voted early in this election, which is about four times more than the number of ballots cast during the 2021 elections.

Mamdani has emerged as the front-runner in the NYC Mayoral election race and has promised to “lower costs and make life easier” for New Yorkers as the city gets “too expensive.”

Mamdani has vowed that as Mayor, he will immediately freeze the rent for all stabilised tenants, and use every available resource to build the housing New Yorkers need and bring down the rent.

Promising fast, fare-free buses, his campaign said that as Mayor, he’ll permanently eliminate the fare on every city bus – and make them faster by rapidly building priority lanes, expanding bus queue jump signals, and dedicated loading zones to keep double parkers out of the way.

Mamdani would also implement free childcare for every New Yorker aged 6 weeks to 5 years, ensuring high-quality programming for all families. With food prices out of control, his campaign also promised that as Mayor, he would create a network of city-owned grocery stores focused on keeping prices low, not making a profit.