Going back to the glory days of Tammany Hall, New York has had some wacky mayoral elections.

But it would be a tall order to find any that surpassed the current race for its zigs and zags and sheer weirdness.

The off-the-charts distinctions feature the president of the United States playing the role of Boss Tweed by using the power of the purse and naked patronage to try to shape the field of candidates and pick the winner.

The Republican president is upfront about his aim of denying a November victory to Zohran Mamdani , a radical socialist who won the Democratic Primary.

Trump calls the 33-year-old state assemblyman a “communist lunatic and a threat to New York City.”

He’s right that Mamdani is a threat, with his “defund the police” background and calls for legalizing prostitution

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