President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post as Mamdani hits back at Trump’s ‘threat – it is not the law’

On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.

“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,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.”

Trump’s comments echo those broadcast on Sunday during his appearance on CBS’s 60 minutes, in which he said: “It’s gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a communist running New York, all you’re doing is wasting the money you’re sending there.”

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The billionaires don’t want you to know this but you pay taxes to the states your business is located in. You don’t just “leave” because taxes. The businesses these billionaires own in New York are still subject to taxes.

    What’s crazy is the right has “donated” more money to supporting cuomo than Mamdani would have even taxed them.

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      19 hours ago

      Businesses already set up headquarters in Delaware for tax reasons. They’re not going to leave New York City, one of biggest markets on Earth. This argument from conservatives was always stupid.

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        18 hours ago

        My Trump-addled father is now declaring that Wall St is going to relocate to Texas because of Mamdani’s victory. 😐