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India Today
13 hours ago
- Politics
- India Today
Trump says NYC could turn ‘communistic' if Mamdani wins mayoral race
US President Donald Trump on Friday called New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani 'a communist,' and said the Big Apple will become 'a communist city' if he is elected mayor in November.'I can't believe that's happening,' Trump told reporters at the White House. 'That's a terrible thing for our country, by the way.'President Trump on communist Zohran Mamdani: "Can't believe this is happening. Terrible for our country. He's a communist. So bad for New York." Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 27, 2025advertisementTrump's remarks came three days after Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, secured a stunning victory over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the first round of the city's Democratic mayoral primary. With 90 per cent of ballots counted, he secured 43.5 per cent of the vote, effectively clinching the win. A day after the primary results were announced, Trump launched a series of scathing online posts targeting Mamdani, calling him a '100% Communist Lunatic' and ridiculing his appearance and intellect. He also took aim at progressive leaders backing Mamdani, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Chuck Schumer.'It's finally happened—the Democrats have crossed the line,' Trump wrote. 'Zohran Mamdani, a 100 per cent Communist Lunatic, just won the Dem Primary and is on his way to becoming Mayor. We've had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a little ridiculous.'advertisementMocking Mamdani's voice and appearance, Trump added, 'He looks TERRIBLE, his voice is grating, he's not very smart,' and accused prominent Democrats of enabling him. 'He's got AOC+3—Dummies ALL—backing him, and even our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin' Chuck Schumer, is groveling over him. Yes, this is a big moment in the History of our Country!'Mamdani is known for his outspoken views on foreign policy, particularly his strong pro-Palestinian stance, which has drawn sharp criticism from pro-Israel groups. He has previously stated that if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits New York City, he would seek his arrest, citing the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants issued in November 2024.- EndsTune InMust Watch
Politico
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Politico
Why Zohran Mamdani's win matters — and why it doesn't
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND — Depending on whom you listen to, Zohran Mamdani is either 'the feeling of dawn after a long night' or 'a 100% Communist Lunatic.' But no matter one's opinion of his politics, a narrative has begun to firm up in the days since the 33-year-old democratic socialist's surprise romp in the New York City mayoral primary: His election represents a watershed moment in national politics. It's not an idea that's entirely based in reality. It's not even a notion that Mamdani himself seems to foster. Rather, it's an assumption that is largely emanating from outside New York City. The hyperventilation surrounding Mamdani's victory is the provenance of those with only a glancing knowledge of the inner-workings of New York government and politics. The glow of a victory in a New York City mayoral primary can be intoxicating for election watchers and the pundit class. In a mirror image of our current moment, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams was hailed as a potential national Democratic star after his 2021 election and a repudiation of left-wing politics at the beginning of the Biden era. By March of this year, Adams' star had burned out: His approval rating had dropped to 20%. It's a familiar story. Before Adams, the last New York mayor to not launch a disastrous and short-lived campaign for president was David Dinkins, whose term ended in 1993 at the hands of an ambitious crime fighter named Rudy Giuliani. The job, often described as the 'second toughest' in America (after that of president), tarnishes the shine of every occupant of City Hall. The mayor is required to be the leader of a city that at every turn resists caricature and is in a constant state of change. He — and every New York City mayor to date has been a man — must work within an intractable bureaucracy and with state legislators and a governor often intent on stopping his political priorities in their tracks. He has to deal with drivers furious with congestion pricing regulations but also New Yorkers who never bothered to get their driver's license and wake up cursing the MTA. He is forced to represent a city of 8 million on a global stage and host the world's most powerful people while remaining laser focused on solving the deeply diverse and contradictory needs of its shockingly rich and desperately poor residents. The job is perhaps best summed up by a now-famous Onion headline that fictitiously describes former Mayor Bill de Blasio relishing Adams' failures: 'Well, Well, Well, Not So Easy To Find A Mayor That Doesn't Suck Shit, Huh?' Thanks to those extremes, the New York City mayor's office is no natural launching pad for higher office — even if scores of former residents of Gracie Mansion thought otherwise. The timing of Mamdani's primary victory in the heavily Democratic city is also playing a role in distorting political reality. New York's mayoral primary always takes place roughly six months after each presidential election, in the media capital of the world. Thus it's among the earliest and most conspicuous barometers measuring the post-election national environment. In all of Mamdani's national media appearances since the election, he steers questions about the broader implications of his victory back to questions facing city residents. Unlike Andrew Cuomo, the former governor who hinted at his own national ambitions during the primary, Mamdani seems interested in governing the city first, which was part of his appeal. Where he has been willing to engage national media outlets has been on broader questions of strategy — that he won by talking about an affordability crisis. 'I think there's a question of how we return back to what made so many of us proud to be Democrats,' he told ABC News on Wednesday. 'I think it's that focus on an economic agenda, on ensuring that people can do more than just struggle.' That campaign — the message and the messenger, the slick videos that kept going viral and the way he expanded the electorate — is sure to be studied by national Democrats. Mamdani enters the general election with little publicly stated interest in higher office. And the city where he's now in pole position to govern remains a good bet to dim his boy wonder shine. But even if the siren call of the national stage at some point becomes impossible to resist, don't expect another vanity run for president by a New York City mayor — the U.S. Constitution wouldn't allow the Uganda-born Mamdani to hold the office. What'd I Miss? — Supreme Court hands Trump major win, limits judges' ability to block birthright citizenship order nationwide: The Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a major victory by narrowing nationwide injunctions that blocked his executive order purporting to end the right to birthright citizenship. In doing so, the court sharply curtailed the power of individual district court judges to issue injunctions blocking federal government policies nationwide. The justices, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, said that in most cases, judges can only grant relief to the individuals or groups who brought a particular lawsuit and may not extend those decisions to protect other individuals without going through the process of converting a lawsuit into a class action. — Supreme Court OKs opt-out for LGBTQ+ materials in school: The Supreme Court has sided with a group of parents demanding that their public schools be required to provide notices to opt their children out of certain storybook readings that conflict with their religious beliefs. Today's 6-3 ruling, split along ideological lines, found that Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools violated parents' First Amendment rights to religious exercise by not giving them advanced notice or an opportunity to opt their children out of certain lessons. The school board had initially allowed parents to opt out of lessons, but the board's policy reversal in the 2023-2024 school year sparked a legal challenge. — Trump backs away from July 4 megabill deadline: President Donald Trump today backed off the July 4 deadline he set for Congress to pass his megabill, acknowledging the timing could slip as Republicans work through a series of political and logistical hurdles. 'It's not the end-all,' Trump said of the self-imposed Independence Day goal. 'It can go longer, but we'd like to get it done by that time if possible.' The remarks represented a clear softening of the White House's position from just a day earlier, when Trump administration officials insisted the GOP lawmakers pass the domestic policy package within a week despite a series of fresh obstacles. Senate Republican leaders are still struggling to lock down the necessary 51 votes for the bill, amid objections from competing factions over the depth of the legislation's Medicaid cuts. — Trump says he's 'terminating' all trade discussions with Canada: President Donald Trump said today he is 'terminating' all trade discussions with Canada, effective immediately, because of its Digital Services Tax, and that he would announce new tariffs on the country within the next seven days. 'We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with … has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country,' Trump said in a Truth Social post. Canada's Digital Services Tax, which imposes a 3 percent tax on large foreign and domestic digital companies that make over C$20 million in revenue, is expected to come into force on Saturday. The tax applies to certain Canadian profits that companies make from online advertising, social media, online marketplaces and the sale and licensing of user data. — UVA president resigns amid pressure from Trump administration: University of Virginia President James E. Ryan announced his resignation today, a swift response to calls from the Trump administration to step down amid the Justice Department's probe into the school's diversity, equity and inclusion practices. 'To make a long story short, I am inclined to fight for what I believe in, and I believe deeply in this University. But I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job,' Ryan said in an email sent to UVA community members, which was shared with POLITICO. Ryan is the latest university leader to come under pressure from the Trump administration, as dozens of other elite universities face scrutiny and pressure from the president to claw back DEI policies. AROUND THE WORLD NEW WORLD ORDER — For six months, Donald Trump has upended the global trading order, threatening and announcing tariffs, then easing them to open negotiations, while warning that punitive levies will be reimposed if the terms are not to his liking. With just 13 days until the Trump-imposed deadline to conclude a EU-U.S. deal, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen decided the time for conventional negotiating tactics was over. She floated the idea that the EU's 27 countries could join forces with 12 members of the Asian-led Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership bloc (CPTPP) — which now includes the U.K. — to form a new world trade initiative. The new grouping would redesign a rules-based global trading order, reforming or perhaps even replacing the now largely defunct World Trade Organization, she said. Crucially, the U.S. would not automatically be invited. SHOWING UP — A who's who of European politicians is descending on Budapest in a battle of wills with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, seeking to defy his government's ban on Saturday's Pride parade. After weeks of silence, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen finally backed the celebrations in a video statement on Wednesday. 'I call on the Hungarian authorities to allow the Budapest Pride to go ahead,' she said. 'To the LGBTIQ+ community in Hungary and beyond: I will always be your ally.' While von der Leyen will not be there in person to defy Orbán, more than 70 members of the European Parliament do plan to attend. Nightly Number RADAR SWEEP FIXER UPPER — New York City's empty churches are getting a chance at rebirth. Developers are eyeing the buildings, some in neighborhoods 'where a square foot costs roughly the same as an ounce of gold,' to develop apartments and condos. By some estimates churches across the city could be repurposed into homes of nearly 100,000 households. Justin Davidson argues in New York Magazine that the right way to renovate must involve preserving the churches' facade and a neighborhood's cultural history. Parting Image Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here. Jacqueline Munis contributed to this newsletter.
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani faces shocking threat to US citizenship: Can Trump really deport him?
US President Donald Trump's Republicans have gone after Zohran Mamdani and have called on his administration to revoke his citizenship and deport him from the country. A political firestorm erupted after Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, pulled off a major upset in its Democratic mayoral primary, emerging with a commanding lead over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded late Tuesday. The 33-year-old socialist, a three-term New York State assemblyman, was born in Uganda to Indian parents. He lived in New York City since he was 7 years old and became a US citizen in 2018. If elected, he would become the first Muslim mayor of the "Big Apple". ALSO READ: Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of US citizenship? Shocking twist as New York's mayoral race heats up Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like A single sip before bedtime purifies the liver and melts belly fat Lulutox Undo Republicans call for Mamdani's deportation Republicans are calling on Trump's administration to revoke Zohran Mamdani's citizenship and deport him from the country as the likely Democratic nominee for New York City's next mayor endures a torrent of Islamophobic bigotry. Republicans allege that is not American enough, citing that he's been a citizen for less than 10 years Leading the charge was Trump himself, who called Mamdani a "100% Communist Lunatic." Live Events "It's finally happened, the Democrats have crossed the line. Zohran Mamdani, a 100% Communist Lunatic, has just won the Dem Primary, and is on his way to becoming Mayor," the commander-in-chief wrote on his Truth Social website. "We've had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a little ridiculous," Trump wrote. "He looks TERRIBLE, his voice is grating, he's not very smart, he's got AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)+3, Dummies ALL, backing him, and even our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin' Chuck Schumer, is groveling over him. Yes, this is a big moment in the History of our Country!" the MAGA leader added. After Mamdani pulled off a stunning victory, the New York Republican Club called for deporting Mamdani as it said: 'The radical Zohran Mamdani cannot be allowed to destroy our beloved city of New York." The group urged the president to invoke the Red Scare-era Communist Control Act to yank Mamdani's citizenship and 'promptly deport him.' The club called on White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, a staunch immigration hawk, and Trump border czar Tom Homan to take action. ALSO READ: Zohran Mamdani called 'Hamas sympathizer' in Islamophobic attack, Trump ally says 'there will be another 9/11 in NYC' 'The time for action is now,' the group wrote. 'New York is counting on you.' Following Mamdani's victory, Miller claimed New York City is the 'clearest warning yet of what happens to a society when it fails to control migration.' 'The entire Democrat party is lining up behind the diehard socialist who wants to end all immigration enforcement and abolish the prison system entirely,' he added. Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee referred to Mamdani as 'little Muhammad' and said he's 'an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York.' 'He needs to be DEPORTED. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings,' he added. Ogles even sent a formal letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting that the Department of Justice open an investigation into whether Mamdani obtained US citizenship fraudulently. 'Publicly praising the Foundation's convicted leadership as 'my guys' raises serious concerns about whether Mr. Mamdani held affiliations or sympathies he failed to disclose during the naturalisation process," Ogles wrote in the letter. ALSO READ: Zohran Mamdani's win rattles Wall Street mogul: Bill Ackman's stunning pledge to crush NY's likely new mayor He added: 'While I understand that some may raise First Amendment concerns about taking legal action based on expressive conduct, such as rap lyrics, speech alone does not preclude accountability where it reasonably suggests underlying conduct relevant to eligibility for naturalisation." South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace posted a poll asking if Mamdani should be denaturalised and deported. Georgia Rep. Mike Collins tweeted: 'Might be time to bring back the [House Un-American Activities] Committee." Representative Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, implied that Mamdani was somehow tied to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the metropolis, which occurred when he was 9. That came after Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, posted an edited image of the Statue of Liberty clothed in a burqa. Mace uploaded a picture of Mamdani in traditional South Asian attire greeting fellow Muslims and wrote: 'After 9/11 we said 'Never Forget.' I think we sadly have forgotten.' Some Republican lawmakers are citing the Communist Control Act of 1954 — a Cold War-era statute born out of America's anti-communist 'Red Scare' — which was intended to outlaw Communist Party activities in the United States. However, the law has seen little enforcement, has faced repeated constitutional challenges, and has never been used to strip anyone of their citizenship. Legal scholars widely regard the act as symbolic and effectively unenforceable in modern times. ALSO READ: DOGE's shock exit: Who is 'Big Balls', the 19 year-old ex-Neuralink prodigy to resign from Elon Musk's team? Can Trump deport Mamdani? Till date, none of the critics of Zohran Mamdani has presented concrete legal proof that he violated US naturalisation law. The process of denutralization- legally revoking someone's citizenship- is rare in the United States. Under American law, a person can lose US citizenship only if: The person obtained it through fraud or deliberate misrepresentation (such as hiding criminal or extremist affiliations) The person was associated with a group promoting violent overthrow of the US government within five years of naturalisation The person serious crimes like terrorism or war crimes before becoming a citizen and failed to disclose them during the process The US government must prove all this in federal court, using strong and convincing evidence. Even if Mamdani's citizenship is revoke, he would not be automatically deported. He would revert to being a lawful permanent resident (green card holder). That status allows him to live and work in the US but can make him vulnerable to deportation, though that would require a separate legal process with valid grounds.
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Zohran Mamdani: Republicans target Indian-origin candidate for New York mayor with racist remarks
Zohran Mamdani US President Donald Trump's Republicans have gone after Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party nominee for New York City mayor, with some even calling for him to be deported . The 33-year-old, a three-term New York State assemblyman, was born in Uganda and has lived in New York City since 1998, when he was only 7. He was naturalized as an American citizen only in 2018 and, if elected, would become the first Muslim mayor of the "Big Apple. " Reacting to the racist and Islamophobic comments against Mamdani, Democratic Party's California representative Rohit "Ro" Khanna urged his party and the "decent" Republicans to "call this garbage out." "We saw this kind of shameful, offensive fear-mongering in 2008. I remember when (ex-Barack Obama aide Peter) Orszag was calling it out. I hope Dems and decent Rs will call this garbage out," Khanna wrote on X, referring to Trump's strategy of questioning where the former president was born. What Republicans said about Zohran Mamdani Leading the charge was Trump himself, who called Mamdani a "100% Communist Lunatic." "It's finally happened, the Democrats have crossed the line. Zohran Mamdani, a 100% Communist Lunatic, has just won the Dem Primary, and is on his way to becoming Mayor," the commander-in-chief wrote on his Truth Social website. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like USDJPY đang đi lên không? IC Markets Đăng ký Undo "We've had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a little ridiculous," Trump wrote. "He looks TERRIBLE, his voice is grating, he's not very smart, he's got AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)+3, Dummies ALL, backing him, and even our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin' Chuck Schumer, is groveling over him. Yes, this is a big moment in the History of our Country!" the MAGA leader added. Going several steps ahead, Representative Andy Ogles, a hard-right Tennessee Republican, demanded that Democratic nominee for New York City mayor should be deported. In his letter to attorney general Pam Bondi, Ogles alleged that Mamdani would "destroy the great city of New York." Representative Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, implied that Mamdani was somehow tied to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the metropolis, which occurred when he was 9. That came after Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, posted an edited image of the Statue of Liberty clothed in a burqa. Mace uploaded a picture of Mamdani in traditional South Asian attire greeting fellow Muslims and wrote: 'After 9/11 we said 'Never Forget.' I think we sadly have forgotten.' Senator Tommy Tuberville, Republican of Alabama, appeared on a right-wing podcast where he was pressed on how Trump could respond to the fact that a Democratic Socialist had prevailed in the New York City race. Tuberville too, made racist comments in response, lamenting New York City's high concentration of undocumented immigrants and referring to them as "vermin who live off the federal government.'
The Sun
a day ago
- Business
- The Sun
NYC Mayor Eric Adams launches reelection bid as independent
New York City's Mayor Eric Adams, who won as a Democrat in his first mayoral bid in 2021, launched his reelection campaign on Thursday as an independent, after the surprise victory of progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary earlier this week. The mayor did not name Mamdani during the event held on the steps of New York City Hall, but he alluded to some of the self-described Democratic socialist's positions and background. 'This election is a choice between a candidate with a blue collar and one with a silver spoon,' Adams said. 'A choice between someone who delivered lower crime, the most jobs in history and the most houses built in decades and an assembly member who did not pass a bill.' 'I understand what he's doing,' Mamdani said of Adams on Thursday evening in an interview with CNN. 'He's trying to distract from his own record. His is a record where he raised rents on more than 2 million New Yorkers by 9% and he's considering another 8% increase.' Adams saw his popularity plummet following his indictment on corruption charges and the subsequent decision by the Department of Justice after President Donald Trump took office to drop the case. In April, Adams said he would run for reelection as an independent, avoiding the Democratic primary that included Mamdani and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Since Mamdani's win, Adams has criticized the 33-year-old state assemblyman from Queens, saying he lacked experience and was campaigning on policy proposals he could not deliver. 'He's a snake oil salesman,' Adams said Wednesday in an interview with Fox News. Mamdani's victory in the primary and potential win in the general election has prompted strong reactions from progressives, who have cheered his campaign's upbeat tone and focus on economic issues, as well as conservatives and some in the business community, who have criticized his Democratic socialist policies. Trump, a native New Yorker, called Mamdani a '100% Communist Lunatic' in a post Wednesday on social media. Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who supported Trump in the 2024 election, offered financial backing for a challenger. 'New York City under Mamdani is about to become much more dangerous and economically unviable,' Ackman said Wednesday in a post on X. Ackman, a major shareholder in real estate development company Howard Hughes Holdings, said he has 'a superb candidate who I can believe can win' but added 'if I were to say his name or even reach out to him, it would have a negative effect on his candidacy, as I am a supporter of President Trump...' Ackman instead offered to crowdsource 'the best centrist candidate.' 'If someone is ready to raise their hand, I will take care of the fundraising,' Ackman said. When asked on CNN if he would meet with Ackman and others with concerns about his tax proposals, Mamdani said he would 'meet with anyone.' 'I will meet with them, and I'll explain why I believe in the necessity of raising the top corporate tax rate,' Mamdani said. The Republican candidate this fall will be Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels. Jim Walden, a former federal prosecutor, is running as an independent, as well. Cuomo also retains the ability to run as an independent, though he has not yet formally announced whether he will do so. CNN and Fox News reported - both media outlets citing sources - late on Thursday that Cuomo would not drop out of the New York City mayoral race by the Friday deadline to remove himself from the general election ballot. (Reporting by Christian Martinez; additional reporting by Kanishka Singh; Editing by Paul Thomasch, Diane Craft and Kate Mayberry)
