Will Washington step in to straighten out NYC?
During Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, PresidentTrump was asked to comment on Socialist Democrat Big Apple mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
“If a communist gets elected to run New York, it can never be the same. But we have tremendous power at the White House to run places where we have to,” Trump told The Post during a Cabinet meeting.
“New York City will run properly. I’m going to bring New York back. I love New York,” the president added.
“We’re going to straighten out New York. It’s going to — maybe we’re going to have to straighten it out from Washington.”
“We’re going to do something for New York. I can’t tell you what yet, but we’re going to make New York great again. Also, we’re going to make it great again with the country,” he said.
Trump added that “I’m not getting involved” when asked if Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa should drop out of the race.
“[Andrew] Cuomo does have capability. He’s running, but he got knocked out [of the Democratic primary]. You have Eric Adams, the current mayor, you have Cuomo, and you have Curtis Silwa? And Curtis runs every, every four years. He seems to be a fixture on the running scale,” Trump said before calling Mamdani “not very capable, in my opinion.”
Watch the clip below:
President Trump floats a federal takeover of New York City, should Zohran Mamdani be elected mayor, and says the administration could test a takeover of Washington, D.C.
“We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to.” pic.twitter.com/sfz73MvWgO
— The Recount (@therecount) July 8, 2025
More over at The New York Post:
Trump threatens federal takeover of NYC if ‘communist’ Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral race https://t.co/YsWC3X2Bbs pic.twitter.com/SU4QKVMVBe
— New York Post (@nypost) July 8, 2025