Overview

• Speaking during a public session with Argentina’s President Javier Milei, Trump said he would withhold federal funds from New York City if Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor.
• Trump described Mamdani as a “communist” and accused him of hating police and Jewish people, escalating his personal attacks on the Democratic nominee.
• Trump asserted that “the money comes all through the White House,” a characterization reporters noted conflicts with the constitutional process that gives Congress the power to appropriate funds.
• Recent coverage reports the administration cut off tens of billions in funding to Democratic-run cities during the shutdown and later restored some money to New York for police and counterterrorism.
• Mamdani leads in polling over Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo, and Gov. Kathy Hochul criticized Trump’s threats as harmful to New York City’s interests.