President Donald Trump slammed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday for her endorsement of progressive Zohran Mamdani in his bid for mayor of New York City.
In a post on Truth Social, the president appeared to warn of withholding federal funds from the state as punishment for Hochul’s endorsement.
“Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has endorsed the ‘Liddle’ Communist,’ Zohran Mamdani, running for Mayor of New York,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “This is a rather shocking development, and a very bad one for New York City. How can such a thing happen? Washington will be watching this situation very closely. No reason to be sending good money after bad!”
Hochul’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hochul, who is running for a second term as New York’s governor, endorsed the Queens state assemblymember on Sunday after months of pressure from progressive Democrats — and after Trump became publicly involved in the mayoral race.
Apparently eager to coalesce the anti-Mamdani vote behind former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the White House has offered Adams a job in the Trump administration and has considered nominating him to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia in exchange for his withdrawal from the mayoral race. But Adams has thus far refused to step aside while Cuomo trails Mamdani by double digits in recent polls.
In her endorsement in a New York Times op-ed, Hochul praised Mamdani’s affordability platform, though she indicated she does not agree with all of Mamdani’s goals.
Despite his apparent push for Cuomo’s election, Trump last week said he expects Mamdani to win the race.
“I’m not looking at the polls too carefully, but it would look like he’s going to win,” Trump said on Fox and Friends. “And that’s a rebellion.”
