🔗 Share this article Donald Trump States It Could Be 'Difficult for Me' to Provide Money to New York City Should Zohran Mamdani Is Elected Mayor Ex-President Trump has expressed reluctance about allocating federal dollars to his native city of America's biggest metropolis in the event that progressive front-runner Zohran Mamdani be elected Tuesday's race for mayor. "It would be difficult for me as president to provide a lot of money to NYC, as with a leftist running New York, the result is wasting the resources you're sending there," Trump commented during a TV appearance. Government's Funding History The former president's government has made multiple efforts to cut federal assistance and funding for initiatives mostly situated in liberal-controlled regions. Latest Survey Results Surveys show the progressive candidate is leading of his chief competitor, former state leader Cuomo, on the eve of the election. Funding Implications The former president offered no details on his remark about funding if Mamdani secure the election. The metropolis was allocated $7.4bn (£5.7bn) in federal assistance during the current fiscal year. Ideological Contrasts In a extensive interview, the former president remarked that a Mamdani as mayor would make left-wing former NYC Mayor de Blasio "look great". "I observed de Blasio, how poor a city leader he was, and this man would accomplish a poorer performance than de Blasio significantly," the president stated of Mamdani. Support Stance Trump, who grew up in the NYC district of Queens, also indirectly backed Cuomo, a Democratic candidate, during the interview. "I'm not a supporter of Cuomo one way or the other, but if it's gonna be between a imperfect Democrat and a socialist, I would choose the flawed candidate every time, frankly speaking," Trump said. Candidate's Political Stance Mamdani, who would run a world financial hub, is a avowed left-leaning politician, though he has disputed claims he is a far-left ideologue, joking in a broadcast appearance that he was "kind of like a European socialist, only browner". Primary Outcome The progressive candidate triumphed in the initial election, while the former governor finished second. The thirty-four-year-old elected official has described the ex- New York governor a marionette and imitator of the former president. "The solution to a Trump presidency is not about establishing an identical version here in City Hall," Mamdani said on the previous day. Political Positions The former governor has sought to parry that line of attack by presenting himself as the exclusive option sufficiently qualified to deal with the Trump White House. He was NY's governor during the Covid-19 pandemic when numerous states disagreed with the White House, though the former governor faced investigation after official inquiries found senior care casualties were substantially underreported during the crisis. "I fought President Trump," the candidate stated during a political discussion. "As I contend for our community, I refuse to discontinue the struggle." Federal Measures The former president has sent military personnel to liberal urban centers as part of a public safety campaign, while seeking to strip monetary resources from jurisdictions that limit their co-operation with government immigration agencies.