Trump warns of NYC fund cuts if Zohran Mamdani doesn't ‘behave': ‘He's going to have to do the right thing'
United States President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a warning to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, asking him to 'behave' himself. Trump further said that Mamdani is a 'pure communist', adding that his win would be 'very bad' for New York.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump said that whoever becomes the mayor of New York will 'have to behave themselves,' warning that the federal government would be 'coming down very tough on them financially' if they didn't.
Donald Trump went on to describe Mamdani as a 'pure communist,' adding that his election would be 'very bad' for New York.
Calling Mamdani's potential victory 'inconceivable,' the US President added, 'if he does win, he's going to have to do the right thing.' Also Read | 'Looks terrible, not very smart': Trump's first assessment of Zohran Mamdani
'Let's say this, if he does get in, I'm going to be President and he's going to have to do the right thing or they're not getting any money,' Trump said. 'I'm fighting for the very people he ran a campaign to empower': Mamdani denies Trump's 'communist' claim
While denying Trump's remarks claiming that he was a 'pure communist', Mamdani said that he was fighting for the 'very working people' that Trump had wanted to empower.
'I'm fighting for the very working people that he ran a campaign to empower that he has since then betrayed,' Mamdani said. In an interview with NBC, Mamdani defended his aim to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and corporations. The Democrat has said that these would be used for provisions like free buses, a rent freeze and a minimum hourly wage of $30.
Mamdani said that he wanted to shift the tax burden from 'overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs' to wealthier homes in 'whiter neighborhoods'. 'I don't think that we should have billionaires," he said, while reiterating the need for equality across the US.
However, Mamdani has witnessed hesitance from his own party, with moderate Democrats expressing concern on his victory over former governor Andrew Cuomo in the primary for the Democratic nomination.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
28 minutes ago
- Time of India
Trump's lawyer says no immediate deportations under birthright citizenship order, as judges to decide on challenges
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Also Read: US Supreme Court may rule on allowing enforcement of Trump birthright citizenship limits Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Popular in NRI Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads President Donald Trump 's administration will not deport children deemed ineligible for US citizenship until his executive order curtailing birthright citizenship takes effect on July 27, a government lawyer said on Monday after being pressed by two federal separate hearings in lawsuits challenging Trump's order, US District Judges Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Joseph LaPlante in Concord, New Hampshire, set expedited schedules to decide whether the order can be blocked again on grounds that the US Supreme Court 's ruling on Friday curbing the ability of judges to impede his policies nationwide does not preclude injunctions in class action judges asked US Department of Justice lawyer Brad Rosenberg, who represented the government in both cases, for assurances that the Trump administration would not move to deport children who do not have at least one parent who is a US citizen or legal permanent resident at least until the executive order takes said it would not, which Boardman and LaPlante respectively asked him to confirm in writing by Tuesday and the Maryland case, immigrant rights advocates revised their lawsuit just a few hours after the 6-3 conservative majority US Supreme Court on Friday ruled in their case and two others challenging Trump's executive order. The New Hampshire lawsuit, a proposed class action, was filed on Supreme Court ruling did not address the merits or legality of Trump's birthright citizenship order, but instead curbed the ability of judges to issue "universal" injunctions to block the Republican president's policies while the Supreme Court restricted the ability of judges to issue injunctions that cover anyone other than the parties appearing before them, Justice Amy Coney Barrett's opinion held out the possibility that opponents of a federal policy could still obtain the same type of relief if they instead pursued cases as class Powell, a lawyer for immigration rights groups and pregnant non-citizen mothers pursuing the case, told Boardman at a hearing on Monday that an immediate ruling was necessary to address the fears and concerns migrants now face as a result of the Supreme Court's decision."They want to see how fast we can get class relief because they are afraid about their children and their babies and what their status might be," Powell executive order, which he issued on his first day back in office on January 20, directs agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of US-born children who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen or lawful permanent resident, also known as a "green card" Friday's ruling, the high court narrowed the scope of the three injunctions issued by federal judges in three states, including Boardman, that prevented enforcement of his directive nationwide while litigation challenging the policy played judges had blocked the policy after siding with Democratic-led states and immigrant rights advocates who argued it violated the citizenship clause of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment, which has long been understood to recognize that virtually anyone born in the United States is a rights advocates in the hours after the Supreme Court ruled swiftly launched two separate bids in Maryland and New Hampshire to have judges grant class-wide relief on behalf of any children nationally who would be deemed ineligible for birthright citizenship under Trump's Supreme Court specified the core part of Trump's executive order cannot take effect until 30 days after Friday's ruling. Boardman on Monday pressed Rosenberg on what it could do before then."Just to get to the heart of it, I want to know if the government thinks that it can start removing children from the United States who are subject to the terms of the executive order," Boardman said at the end of the scheduled further briefing in the case to continue through July 9, with a ruling to follow. LaPlante scheduled a hearing for July said the Trump administration objected to the plaintiffs' attempt to obtain the same relief through a class action. He stood by the administration's view of the constitutionality of Trump's order."It is the position of the United States government that birthright citizenship is not guaranteed by the Constitution," he said.
Time of India
29 minutes ago
- Time of India
'You'll Hear From Trump Soon' US India Trade Deal Almost Ready, Trump Modi Ties Key To Breakthrough
Big news from Washington! The United States and India are on the verge of finalising a major trade agreement, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Speaking just hours after President Trump reiterated optimism about a deal, Leavitt confirmed that talks are in the final stages and an official announcement is expected soon. Trump is pushing for a 'full trade barrier dropping' and improved market access, something he calls 'unthinkable'. Leavitt also praised India as a strategic ally and highlighted Trump's strong personal rapport with Prime Minister Modi. Meanwhile, India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is in the US, attending the QUAD Foreign Ministers' Meeting and launching a UN exhibition on terrorism. With both diplomacy and trade firing on all cylinders, India-US relations are heating up fast.#trump #usindiatradedeal #modi #karolineleavitt #quad #jaishankar #indo-pacific #unitednations #moditrump #usindiarelations #toi #toibharat #bharat #breakingnews #indianews
Time of India
29 minutes ago
- Time of India
Threat of more tariffs hangs over countries negotiating trade deals
WASHINGTON: Governments around the world are racing to negotiate trade deals with the United States in order to forestall President Donald Trump 's punishing tariffs, which could kick in July 9. But the discussions have been slowed because Trump has threatened to impose more tariffs even if those deals are in place. Trump announced what he refers to as "reciprocal tariffs" on April 8, which he said were in response to other countries' unfair trading practices. But he agreed to pause those levies for 90 days to give countries time to reach trade deals with the United States. Some administration officials recently suggested that the deadline could be extended but Trump has signalled that he is ready to slap tariffs on countries he views as uncooperative. "We have countries that are negotiating in good faith, but they should be aware that if we can't get across the line because they are being recalcitrant, then we could spring back to the April 2 levels," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Monday. India, Vietnam, Japan, the European Union, Malaysia and other governments have been working toward deals that could smooth relations with the United States and avoid double-digit tariffs. But the Trump administration has been moving forward with plans to impose another set of tariffs on certain industries that it views as essential to national security, a threat that has foreign leaders worried there could be more pain ahead. These tariffs are dependent on the outcomes of trade investigations into lumber and timber, copper and critical minerals by the Commerce Department, which are expected to be finalised soon and submitted to the White House, according to people familiar with the matter. A determination that imports pose a national security threat would allow the president to issue tariffs on those products in the coming weeks. Investigations on pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and electronic devices are also proceeding and could be finalised in time for tariffs as early as next month, the people said. Live Events Bessent added that tariffs on imports of items such as lumber were being implemented on a different track than the reciprocal tariffs that were announced in April and are not part of the current round of trade negotiations. Those tariffs on certain critical sectors, which would be issued under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, aim to build up domestic capacity for important products and ensure that the country isn't reliant on foreign factories in times of war or shortages. But these sectors -- along with automobiles and steel, on which the Trump administration has already applied national security tariffs -- are also vital industries for America's largest trading partners, like Japan, the European Union and India. These governments have been hesitant to strike a deal with the Trump administration, worried that they only will be hit by more levies down the road. For some foreign governments, these national security tariffs are potentially more concerning than the reciprocal tariffs Trump is threatening to apply to all their U.S. exports. For the EU, tariffs on medicines, the bloc's No. 1 export to America, could be enormously painful. It is unclear whether a trade deal that the United States and the European Union have been drafting will address that issue. Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, has suggested that negotiations should focus on a few key sectors including medical drugs. "We now need rapid joint decisions for four of the five major industries: automotive, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and mechanical engineering," Merz said last week, adding that "we don't want the best of the best; we want the most important of the necessary." Pharmaceutical tariffs are also a major threat for India, which the Trump team has consistently been optimistic about striking a deal with. Last year, India exported almost $13 billion worth of drugs, and the United States is its biggest market. For Japan and South Korea, as well as Europe, exports of cars and steel to the United States have been a particular concern. Along with disputes over opening Japan's market to U.S. agriculture, U.S. tariffs on Japanese cars appear to be a thorny obstacle in what U.S. officials presumed would be a relatively smooth negotiation. Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and Indonesia could be hit by tariffs on semiconductors and other electronics, including phones and computers. Vietnam and Malaysia could also be hurt by tariffs on lumber and timber, which could cover products like kitchen cabinets. Several foreign governments have tried to negotiate provisions exempting them from other future tariff increases, but it's not clear how lenient the Trump administration will be on national security tariffs. NYT News Service A steel plant in Zelzate, Belgium, in March 2021. The Trump administration has sent some mixed messages about how much it might be willing to lower them; some officials insist they are not up for negotiation. Trump officials have criticised exemptions from global steel tariffs granted to various countries by the Biden administration, saying that they undermined their effectiveness. Trade experts said that giving tariff exemptions would also risk angering labor unions that support them, and undercut the Trump administration's argument that the tariffs must be in place to protect national security. Nick Iacovella, the executive vice president of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, a trade group that supports tariffs, said that if the administration was "giving away" exemptions on tariffs on critical industries, it was "signalling to everyone that these really aren't national security issues." Privately, Trump officials have said there may be some wiggle room. Notably, the framework agreement that the United States announced with Britain in May included some concessions on national security tariffs on cars and steel. Britain secured an exemption from car tariffs for a volume of exports set at historical levels. That deal, as well as lower levies on aerospace exports such as Rolls-Royce jet engines, came into effect Monday, more than seven weeks after the framework agreement was announced. For most of that time, companies were unsure when lower tariffs would be implemented. However, the agreement to eliminate steel tariffs hasn't been implemented as the two sides negotiate requirements for British steel companies. This arrangement has encouraged Japan, the European Union and others to seek a "U.K.-style deal" to also exempt them from national security tariffs. But some Trump officials say that because the volume of their exports is so large, exemptions would be a major threat to U.S. industry. British exports of cars and steel to the United States were viewed as too limited to be much of a threat. But such exports from Japan, Korea and Europe are substantial. Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative, has said privately that the British provisions were not a precedent or framework for other countries, according a person familiar with the remarks. Peter Harrell, a former Biden administration official who is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said that the United Kingdom exports about 100,000 cars to the United States each year. But Japan, the European Union and South Korea together exported approximately 3.5 million cars in 2024, a much larger share of the U.S. market. If the president exempted large quantities of these cars, "then it doesn't look like you have a 25% auto tariff anymore," Harrell said. "He'd face political blowback." The Commerce Department and the Office of the United States Trade Representative declined to comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. For now, foreign governments appear wary of making substantial commitments on trade, only to see U.S. tariffs rise or potentially fall. The Trump administration is awaiting the outcome of a significant court case on whether the reciprocal tariffs are lawful. That decision could come this fall. Jake Colvin, the president of the National Foreign Trade Council, a trade organisation that advocates open trade, said other countries were "looking for certainty" in deals with the Trump administration. But uncertainty continues because investigations under the 232 national security provision are still underway. "Countries do want to make deals with us, but they are not going to agree to anything final until they know the status of the 232 investigations," he said. Part of the confusion is because trade negotiations are being handled by various departments. Greer and his office focus on negotiating tariffs and other trade irritants. But the 232 tariffs fall under the authority of the Commerce Department, which is juggling multiple investigations and other priorities. Some foreign officials have said they have little clarity from the Commerce Department about the likelihood of exceptions. Philip Luck, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said foreign governments were experiencing "a lot of frustration and confusion," in part because countries have been negotiating with multiple officials. They have been hearing different things from different principles, and also been told that all their agreements were contingent on Trump. "There doesn't seem to be anybody in charge," Luck said.
