Trump Wildly Claims All Federal Funding ‘Comes Through the White House’ — Threatens to Cut Off NYC
Alex Griffing Oct 14th, 2025, 4:35 pm
President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that he can unilaterally take away Congressionally appropriated funding for New York City whenever he wants, after and if Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.
Trump raged against Mamdani, the Democratic Party’s nominee for mayor, during a Q&A with members of his cabinet and the president of Argentina – who he is both endorsing and giving a $20 billion bailout.
“We have a communist who’s 33 years old, doesn’t know a damn thing. Practically, he’s never worked a day in his life, and he’s sort of caught on, right? And I’m not going to send a lot of money to New York—I don’t have to. You know, the money comes al