India, Sept. 29 -- US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to hold funds for New York City if Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins the race to become the city's mayor.

He said that Mamdani "will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party."

This comes after the city's current mayor, Eric Adams, abandoned his re-election campaign on Sunday after a year of political turmoil and scandals.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, "Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party. He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City."

While threa...