Elections: Trump threatens New York’s left-wing mayor candidate

After his victory in the primaries of the US Democrats for the Mayor’s Office in New York City, the left candidate Zohran Mamdani is targeted by President Donald Trump. The Republican described the 33-year-old as a communist and warned him, as promised in the event of his election as the mayor in November, against the arrest of illegal immigrants in the million metropolis. “Well, then we have to arrest him,” said Trump according to US media reports on Tuesday (local time).

The President – born in New York – also rumors that Mamdani was illegally in the United States. The 33-year-old accused Trump’s fear and countered on the platform X: “We will not accept this intimidation.”

Mamdani had promised to stop the massive deportation of immigrants without valid papers in the event of his election as mayor in New York on November 4. The 33-year-old MP in the state of New York was the great outsider in the fight for the nomination of the Democrats for the election and is now considered a new political shooting star. Because of his left -wing positions, he is not undisputed in his own party either.

The outcome of the choice this time uncertain

Mamdani, who describes himself as a democratic socialist, was born in Uganda and came to the USA with his parents from India, where he was naturalized. His mother is a director, his father professor. After the primary elections on June 24th, he had already declared himself the winner, the result was confirmed on Tuesday. According to the election commission, the 33-year-old was around 12 percentage points ahead of the former governor of the state of New York, Andrew Cuomo.

In the liberal East Coast metropolis, the winner of the democratic area code is normally almost safe as the new mayor. Since incumbent Eric Adams will start as an independent candidate this year, the starting point should be less clear. Because of his approach to Trump, Adams fell out of favor with many New Yorkers.