Afghanistan, Nov. 4 -- U.S. President Donald Trump warned he would suspend federal funding to New York if left-wing frontrunner Zohran Mamdani wins the upcoming mayoral election.
Donald Trump has said he would withhold federal funding from New York if left-wing frontrunner Zohran Mamdani wins the upcoming mayoral election.
In an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes, President Trump called Mamdani a "communist" and claimed it would be "wasteful" to send federal money to a city run by him. Trump added, "If a communist runs New York, every dollar we send will be squandered."
Federal records show that New York received about $7.4 billion in federal funding in the current fiscal year. Trump, who grew up in Queens, has repeatedly sought to reduce a...