Donald Trump is no longer keen on deploying the National Guard to New York City after his chummy meeting with the Big Apple’s new mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani.
When asked by reporters Saturday if he was still interested in sending the National Guard to his home city, Trump, 79, said, “If they need it. Right now, other places need it more. We had a very good meeting yesterday. We talked about that. But if they need it, I would do it.”
The statement is a stunning reversal of Trump’s previous threats to deprive New York of federal aid and deploy the National Guard in the city if it elected Mamdani. During the NYC mayoral campaign, Trump intimated he’d send troops to New York if the “communist” wins.
“We have a communist, 33 years old, doesn’t know a thing, probably never worked a day in hi

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