President Donald Trump issued a winding threat to his "first home" of New York City in a new Truth Social post on Monday over the potential results of Tuesday's election.
New York City voters will likely elect Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, as their next mayor on Tuesday, a move that Trump threatened would cause him to provide the "very minimum" federal support as required by law.
"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, because of the fact that, as a Communist, this once great City has ZERO chance of success, or even survival!" Trump wrote. "It can only get worse with a Communist at the helm, and I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad. It is my obligation to run the Nation, and it is my strong conviction that New York City will be a Complete and Total Economic and Social Disaster should Mamdani win."
Trump has previously threatened to withhold federal funds for infrastructure projects if Mamdani wins. Some MAGA lawmakers have also threatened to review Mamdani's legal status and deport him.
"His principles have been tested for over a thousand years, and never once have they been successful," the post continued. "I would much rather see a Democrat, who has had a Record of Success, WIN, than a Communist with no experience and a Record of COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE. He was nothing as an Assemblyman, ranked at the bottom of the class and, as Mayor of potentially, again, the Greatest City in the World, HE HAS NO CHANCE to bring it back to its former Glory!"