Trump Cautions That Ny Will ‘never Be The Same’ If ‘communist’ Mamdani Is Elected

President Donald Trump warned that New York won’t ever beryllium nan aforesaid if New York City mayoral campaigner Zohran Mamdani is elected. 

Mamdani is simply a Ugandan-born Muslim who won nan Democratic Party’s superior for New York City politician successful June and identifies arsenic a Democratic socialist. 

But Trump said that New Yorkers should not formed their ballot for nan New York State assemblyman from Queens, who he described arsenic "a man who's not very tin successful my opinion, different than he's sewage a bully statement of bulls–-." 

SANDERS ENDORSES SOCIALIST MAMDANI IN MOVE TO BLOCK CUOMO IN NYC MAYORAL RACE

President Donald Trump slammed New York City mayoral campaigner Zohran Mamdani during a Cabinet meeting.  (Getty Images)

"No. 1, you person a communist running, and you shouldn't ballot for him," Trump said during a Cabinet gathering Tuesday. "He's a disaster. He's leading. He's sewage nan Democrat information because that shows you wherever nan Democrats person gone."

"I'm not getting involved, but I tin show you this: I utilized to opportunity we will not ever beryllium a socialist country. Right. Well, I'll opportunity it again. We're not going to person — if a communist gets elected to tally New York, it tin ne'er beryllium nan same."

Mamdani did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. 

Trump antecedently has blasted Mamdani, and threatened to apprehension him if he refused to comply pinch national migration officials. Trump's remarks came aft Mamdani said successful June that he would halt "masked" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials from "deporting our neighbors."

WASHINGTON POST BASHES SOCIALIST ZOHRAN MAMDANI AS POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR NEW YORK CITY

Democrat mayoral campaigner Zohran Mamdani speaks during a rally astatine nan Hotel & Gaming Trades Council office successful New York, July 2, 2025.  (Richard Drew/The Associated Press)

"Well, past we'll person to apprehension him," Trump told reporters astatine nan White House July 1. "Look, we don't request a communist successful this country, but if we person one, I'm going to beryllium watching complete them very cautiously connected behalf of nan nation. We nonstop him money. We nonstop him each nan things that he needs to tally a government."

In response, Mamdani issued a connection claiming that Trump's comments amounted to an battle connected democracy. 

"The President of nan United States conscionable threatened to person maine arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put successful a detention campy and deported," Mamdani said. "Not because I person surgery immoderate rule but because I will garbage to fto ICE terrorize our city." 

"His statements don’t conscionable correspond an onslaught connected our populist but an effort to nonstop a connection to each New Yorker who refuses to hide successful nan shadows: if you speak up, they will travel for you," Mamdani said. 

Trump has besides slammed Mamdani aft nan 33-year-old refused to condemn nan word "globalize nan intifada." 

‘GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA’ PHRASE STIRS TENSIONS ON NYC CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT RAGES

"Frankly, I've heard he's a full seed job," Trump told reporters July 1. "I deliberation nan group successful New York are crazy because they spell this route. I deliberation they're crazy. We will person a communist successful nan for nan first time, really a pure, existent communist. He wants to run nan market stores. The section stores. What astir nan group that are there? I deliberation it's crazy."

Mamdani said successful a June question and reply pinch NBC News he didn’t want to condemn nan word "globalize nan intifada," a building utilized to backmost Palestinian guidance against Israel, because he didn’t want to "police language." 

Mamdami has received disapproval from Democrats for refusing to travel retired pinch a stance connected nan phrase, including from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York. Jeffries told ABC News Sunday successful June that nan word was not "acceptable phrasing."