Trump sends cryptic 4-word warning after Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral win
Even before the election, tensions were high between left-leaning Zohran Mamdani and President Trump, who has deep, personal ties to New York City.
Speaking with Fox News in June earlier this year, Trump argued that a win for Mamdani was “inconceivable” because he recognized him to be “a pure communist”. Ahead of the vote, Trump took to Truth Social with a pointed warning, threatening to cut federal funding to the city if Mamdani, whom he once again branded a “communist”, won.
“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,” he added.
A nation betrayed by Donald Trump
But now the election is over, and the city’s Board of Elections reported the highest voter turnout in over 50 years, with more than two million New Yorkers casting their ballots.
In his victory speech on Tuesday, November 4, Mamdani took aim at Trump, saying:
”New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant,” he said, adding: ”If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.”
