The start of the New York elections… and threats to stop funding if Mamdani wins
New Yorkers began voting in the city’s mayoral elections, in an event in which controversy heated up between the US President Donald Trump, and the Democratic candidate Zahran Mamdani.
According to the newspaper "The Washington Post" The race to win The mayorship of New York is the most controversial in the modern history of the city.
Competing for the mayorship of New York are Democrat Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent, along with Republican Cortez Siloa, and the final round will take place today.
Continuous and open hostility
The newspaper confirmed that Trump and Mamdani cannot stop talking about each other, and see benefit in their mutual attacks.
Where he described TrumpMamdani called him notorious, terrible, and completely crazy, indicating the possibility of his arrest.
Trump made it clear that, as mayor of New York City, Mamdani would face problems with Washington that no mayor in the history of the great city had ever seen before.
Trump also threatened to withhold federal funds from the city, describing Mamdani’s promises as false communism.
For his part, Mamdani pledged to confront Trump at every step, and stressed that the majority are dealing with Trump’s statements are as if they were a law.
Mutual benefit
The newspaper pointed out that both opponents benefit from this confrontation, as Trump seeks to portray Mamdani as the face of the extremist opposition, while Mamdani’s promise helped unite the Democrats against their opponent ahead of Tuesday’s elections.
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