Trump backs Cuomo and threatens to cut NYC federal funding if Mamdani wins race

President Donald Trump publicly endorsed Andrew Cuomo on Monday as he threatened to withhold federal funding from New York Metropolis if Zohran Mamdani, whom he referred to as a “communist,” wins the mayoral election.

In a prolonged put up on Fact Social, he additionally warned that the town would face a “whole financial and social catastrophe” below Mamdani’s management.

“If communist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the election for mayor of New York Metropolis, it’s extremely unlikely that I’ll contribute federal funds, past the minimal required, to my beloved first residence, as a consequence of the truth that, as a communist, this as soon as nice metropolis has NO probability of success and even survival!” he wrote within the put up.

“Issues can solely worsen with a communist on the helm, and I do not need to ship good cash after unhealthy as president. It’s my obligation to manipulate the nation, and it’s my sturdy perception that New York Metropolis shall be an entire and whole financial and social catastrophe if Mamdani wins,” he added.

CUOMO SAYS TRUMP WILL INSTALL NATIONAL GUARD AND SLASH NYC FUNDS IF MAMDANI WINS MAYOR’S RACE

President Donald Trump and New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have traded barbs in the course of the 2025 marketing campaign. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos; Hiroko Masuike/AFP through Getty Photos)

The president’s put up additionally marked his newest effort to information New Yorkers to the polls.

“A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who appears to be like significantly better with no beret!) is a vote for Mamdani,” Trump added.

“Whether or not you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you actually haven’t any alternative. You need to vote for him and hope he does an important job. He’s able to that, Mamdani will not be!”

Talking to reporters hours later, Cuomo backtracked on the characterization that Trump had endorsed him.

“President Trump doesn’t help me,” Cuomo stated. ‘He’s towards Mamdani. He believes Mamdani is an existential menace to New York… He believes he’ll bankrupt New York, so he’s towards Mamdani.”

ANDREW CUOMO WARNS TRUMP WILL TAKE OVER NEW YORK CITY IF MAMDANI WINS

President Trump stated New Yorkers actually have “no alternative” however to vote for Andrew Cuomo. (N. Scott Trimble/Syracuse Submit-Normal through AP)

Cuomo added that Trump’s feedback would seemingly alienate many New York voters: “Now the president calls him a communist, New Yorkers name him a socialist, however that turns off a number of New Yorkers.”

He then dismissed Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa as “a spoiler,” saying, “A vote for Curtis Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani.”

At a press occasion in New York on the eve of the election, Mamdani responded to the president’s Fact Social put up.

“The MAGA motion’s embrace of Andrew Cuomo displays Donald Trump’s understanding that this might be the perfect mayor for him,” he stated.

“Not the perfect mayor for New York Metropolis, not the perfect mayor for New Yorkers, however the perfect mayor for Donald Trump and his administration.”

ZOHRAN MAMDANI LAUNCHES ANTI-TRUMP FIVE-CITY TOUR IN NEW YORK CITY

Democratic New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech on Friday, October 24, 2025, within the Bronx, New York Metropolis. (Fox Information Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

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Mamdani additionally responded to Elon Musk’s help for Cuomo on Monday, saying, “The rationale that the President of the US of America, the explanation that one of many richest males on the earth is each attempting to leap in on the final minute, is as a result of they know that we’ll obtain all the pieces that now we have set our minds to.”

Mamdani additionally referred to as Cuomo “Trump’s puppet” and stated Andrew Cuomo was beforehand “funded by the identical billionaire donors that gave us Donald Trump’s second time period.”

“Nevertheless, I didn’t count on Andrew Cuomo to go from Donald Trump’s puppet to his parrot so bare,” he added.

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The Socialist mayoral candidate then spoke out about Trump’s menace to withhold federal funding from the town, labeling it illegal.

“It isn’t the regulation,” Mamdani advised reporters. “And too usually, we deal with all the pieces that comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth as if it had been already authorized simply based mostly on who stated it.”

Christina Shaw of Fox Information Digital contributed to this report.