NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has all the power in his Oval Office sit down Friday with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. And his advantage over the incoming mayor is vast.
The temperamental president has vowed to cut New York’s federal aid and may deploy the National Guard in response to Mamdani’s win. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan is again threatening to flood the city’s streets with immigration enforcement officers and conduct mass deportations. The president’s Congressional allies have pressed for the Ugandan-born mayor-elect’s citizenship to be revoked.
“I’m convinced that the president is not going to stop projects because he likes development, he knows New York and he’s got a lot of friends here who are going to be part of these massive projects,” said Carlo Scissura, president of the New York Building Congress, a construction trade group. “That won’t stop the president from reminding the mayor-elect what his priorities are and what he wants done.” Read more in POLITICO here.
