President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post as Mamdani hits back at Trump’s ‘threat – it is not the law’

On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.

“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.”

Trump’s comments echo those broadcast on Sunday during his appearance on CBS’s 60 minutes, in which he said: “It’s gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a communist running New York, all you’re doing is wasting the money you’re sending there.”

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[–] 40 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I may be wrong, but isn't NYC more of a money generator than it's a receiver? If that's so, I don't see how NYC would suffer, but it would widen the divide between such areas and poor dotational ones, making their people possible maga recruits.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Most blue areas produce money, most red areas (excluding Texas I think) are leeches.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    T*xas very much does too, despite how much they like to act big and bad and independent.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    i think people are still expected to pay federal taxes. even if trump blocked funds.

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