Zohran Mamdani speaks during a campaign event outside City Hall in New York on Monday. Photograph: Adam Gray/Bloomberg
On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, US president Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.
“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 said in a post on Truth Social.
“I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.”
Mr Trump’s comments echo those broadcast on Sunday during his appeara
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