{"id":13580,"date":"2025-07-02T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=13580"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:42:03","slug":"trump-threatens-new-york-mayoral-frontrunner-with-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=13580","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens New York mayoral frontrunner with arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US president has warned that he will be watching \u201ccommunist\u201d Zohran Mamdani very carefully<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has warned that the presumptive Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, could be arrested if he follows through on his promise to prevent federal officials from enforcing immigration laws in the country\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n

Uganda-born Mamdani said in his victory speech after the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday that he would \u201cstop masked ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents from deporting our neighbors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWell then, we will have to arrest him,\u201d<\/em> Trump said when asked by journalists about the New York state lawmaker\u2019s pledge later in the day, as he visited the so-called \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d<\/em> migrant detention center in Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, we do not need a communist in this country, but if we have one, I am going to be watching over him very carefully on behalf of the nation,\u201d<\/em> the president said, referring to Mamdani.<\/p>\n

Trump also claimed that \u201ca lot of people are saying he is here illegally. We are going to look at everything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The president continued his attacks on the Democratic politician after returning to the White House, describing Mamdani as a \u201ctotal nut job\u201d<\/em> and threatening to withhold funding for New York City if he does not \u201cdo the right thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Mamdani responded to Trump\u2019s comments in a statement on X, labeling them an \u201cintimidation\u201d<\/em> attempt that his supporters and him will not accept.<\/p>\n

The president threatened him with arrest and deportation \u201cnot because I have broken any law, but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city,\u201d<\/em> the 33-year-old argued.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis statements do not just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

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Mamdani has been living in the US since the age of seven and became a naturalized citizen in 2018. He denies being a communist, describing himself as a democratic socialist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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