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Republican U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Monday (November 3, 2025) helium volition restrict national funds for New York City if Democratic campaigner Zohran Mamdani wins the city’s mayoral elections connected Tuesday (November 4), and urged supporters to ballot for erstwhile Governor Andrew Cuomo. If Mr. Mamdani wins the election, Mr. Trump said connected Truth Social it was “highly improbable that I volition beryllium contributing Federal Funds, different than the precise minimum arsenic required.”
Polls amusement Mr. Mamdani to beryllium starring against Mr. Cuomo, who is moving arsenic an autarkic aft losing to Mr. Mamdani successful the Democratic primary, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
Mr. Trump said a ballot for Mr. Sliwa would lone assistance Mr. Mamdani and urged his supporters to backmost Mr. Cuomo.
“Whether you personally similar Andrew Cuomo oregon not, you truly person nary choice. You indispensable ballot for him, and anticipation helium does a fantastic job,” Trump wrote. Republicans person attacked Mamdani’s candidacy passim the campaign, with Mr. Mr. Trump casting the self-described antiauthoritarian socialist arsenic a communist.
Mr. Mamdani, a Uganda-born authorities assembly member, shocked governmental observers connected June 24 with a convincing triumph successful the primary.
Mr. Mamdani’s policies see hiking taxes connected New York City’s wealthiest, raising the corp taxation rate, freezing stabilized flat rental rates and expanding publically subsidized housing. His emergence presents some risks and rewards for the nationalist Democratic Party, which acknowledges the request to entreaty to young voters but is wary of Republican attacks implicit Mr. Mamdani’s disapproval of Israel’s concern of Palestinian territories and his Democratic socialism, which has disquieted New York’s concern community. Mr. Trump has utilized the threats of national backing cuts passim his 2nd word successful bureau implicit clime initiatives, transgender policies, pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s warfare successful Gaza and diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
