Trump said: \u201cBecause if you have a communist running New York, all you’re doing is wasting the money you’re sending there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mamdani has campaigned on proposals he says would make the city more adorable, including free bus service, universal child care, and a rent freeze for stabilized apartments.<\/p>\n
Newsweek contacted the White House and Mamdani\u2019s campaign for comment via email outside regular business hours on Monday.<\/p>\n
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Why It Matters\u00a0<\/p>\n
Any cuts to funding would have an impact since federal grants are a major source of revenue for America\u2019s largest city, supporting a number of essential services and programs. It could mean less money for public hospitals, the transit system, public safety and education.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration recently blocked billions of dollars in funding for New York City infrastructure projects. Last month, White House budget director Russell Vought said the administration was pausing about $18 billion in funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project and the Second Ave Subway to \u201censure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] principles.\u201d<\/p>\n
What To Know\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the interview, Trump was asked what he thinks about comparisons that have been made between him and Mamdani.<\/p>\n
“Some people have compared him to a left-wing version of you, charismatic, breaking the old rules. What do you think about that?” correspondent Norah O’Donnell asked Trump.<\/p>\n
He said: “Well, I think I’m a much better looking person than him, right?\u201d<\/p>\n
Did Donald Trump Endorse Andrew Cuomo?<\/p>\n
Trump went on to say that he would \u201cpick\u201d disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo over Mamdani, Cuomo is running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other, but if it’s gonna be between a bad Democrat and a Communist, I’m gonna pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump was also asked about Cuomo\u2019s recent comments during a debate that the president wants Mamdani elected so he can \u201ctake over\u201d the city.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, that’s so crazy,\u201d Trump replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trump on Deploying Troops to NYC<\/p>\n However, Trump did suggest last month that he may deploy troops to New York City as he has with other Democrat-led cities in recent months.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not going to ruin one of our great cities because we\u2019ll make that great. We will clean up the crime in about 30 days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt took 12 days to do Washington, D.C., so New York is bigger, and Chicago, we’ve already made a lot of progress despite fighting from the government.\u201d<\/p>\n What People Are Saying\u00a0<\/p>\n Donald Trump also said that Mamdani would be a worse mayor than Bill de Blasio, adding: \u201cI got to see de Blasio, how bad a mayor he was, and this man will do a worse job than de Blasio by far.\u201d<\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani responded<\/a> to Trump\u2019s interview with a post on X that said the president had endorsed Cuomo in the interview, adding: \u201cCongratulations, @AndrewCuomo<\/a>. I know how hard you worked for this.\u201d<\/p>\n What\u2019s Next\u00a0<\/p>\n New Yorkers will head to the polls on November 4 to elect their city’s next mayor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. President Donald Trump said New York City’s federal funding would be at risk if it elects the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[16763,4022,153,9,24,55,54,56,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-26579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-60-minutes","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-city-news","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}