The TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to withhold federal funds from New York City if it voted for Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani as mayor, setting him on a collision course with progressive American cities and states that lean Democratic and also generate more revenue. In a Monday morning Truth Social post, Trump bluntly said, “he (Mamdani) is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City. Remember, he needs the money from me, as president, in order to fulfill all of his fake communist promises. He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him?” Trump’s threat shocked Democrats, some of whom warned that if the president is going to withhold federal funds from NYC if Ma
Trump threatens to withhold funds from NYC if it elects Zohran Mamdani as Mayor

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