{"id":648001,"date":"2026-05-04T01:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648001\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:15:14","slug":"former-new-york-mayor-and-trump-ally-fighting-for-life-in-florida-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648001\/","title":{"rendered":"Former New York mayor and Trump ally fighting for life in Florida hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former New York mayor and close Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani is fighting for his life at a hospital in Florida.<\/p>\n

The 81-year-old \ufeffis critical but stable, according to his spokesperson Ted Goodman.<\/p>\n

“Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we speak,” he said in a statement on Sunday night (Monday morning AEST).<\/p>\n

\"\"\/Rudy Giulisni and then-President-elect Donald Trump in 2016. (AP)<\/p>\n

“We do ask that you join us in prayer for America’s Mayor-Rudy Giuliani.”<\/p>\n

Giuliani had hosted his online show “America’s Mayor Live” on Friday night from Palm Beach, Florida and appeared to sound worse than usual.<\/p>\n

“My voice is a little under the weather, so I won’t be able to speak as loudly as I usually do, but I’ll get closer to the microphone,” he said.<\/p>\n

Giuliani, a former US attorney, earned the nickname “America’s mayor” after he led New York through the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attack on the Twin Towers.<\/p>\n

He later ran for president in 2008 and was considered a frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination but dropped out to endorse John McCain.<\/p>\n

Giuliani \ufeffhas worked closely with former administrations, having campaigned for George Bush’s re-election in 2004 and received the Ronald Reagan Presidential Freedom Award.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/US President Donald Trump said Giuliani was “right about everything” and said his hospitalisation was “so sad!”. (Truth Social)<\/p>\n

The former Time’s Person of the Year changed course from working as a partner of a private law firm when he joined President Donald Trump’s team in 2017.<\/p>\n

In a statement about his hospitalisation, Trump said Giuliani is a “true warrior” who was treated “so bad by the Radical Left Lunatics”.<\/p>\n

“\ufeffOur fabulous Rudy Giuliani, a True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR, has been hospitalised, and is in critical condition,” he said in a Truth Social Post.<\/p>\n

“What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radical Left Lunatics, Democrats ALL \u2014 AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!<\/p>\n

“They cheated on the Elections, fabricated hundreds of stories, did anything possible to destroy our Nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad!”<\/p>\n

\"\"\/Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside federal court in Washington in 2023. (AP)<\/p>\n

Giuliani has served as a member of Trump’s personal legal team, investigating \ufeffRussian meddling in the 2016 election and Joe Biden and his son Hunter.<\/p>\n

He famously failed to overturn the results of the 2020 election, leading to criminal charges in two states and a defamation lawsuit by election workers.<\/p>\n

He was also disbarred in New York\ufeff, filed for bankruptcy but failed and had his radio talk show cancelled.<\/p>\n

Trump, in September last year and just two days after Giuliani was injured in a car crash, announced he would award the former mayor the Presidential Medal of Freedom. \ufeff<\/p>\n

– With Associated Press, CNN\ufeff<\/p>\n

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