Trump takes shot at Mamdani, praises Mayor Adams

The Democrat primary in New York City was a major wake-up call for the Democrat Party, if they choose to listen. Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat socialist, buried Andrew Cuomo in the race.

Trump believes that Mayor Adams can beat him as an independent, and he is already firing shots to try to help him in the race.  

Big win 

I don’t know anyone who thought Mamdani had a shot in this race, as the Democrat establishment flocked to support Andrew Cuomo.

There was a sense that things were going wrong when Bill Clinton popped into New York for a personal endorsement, but it was not enough.

The race was not even close, as Democrats, more specifically, white and Asian voters, fell in line with the man who wants to give the city away.

So far, his platform is for free city transit, free childcare, city grocery stores, and buying up available homes to build large communes. It is about as far away from the vision of our Framers and Founders as one could imagine.

Trump to the rescue  

Adams would be headed to jail were it not for Donald Trump... of that I have no doubt.

He was neck deep in a corruption case that looked open and shut, then Trump had the DOJ drop the charges, and Adams was off the hook. On this, Trump stated, “I helped him out a little bit. He had a problem, and he was unfairly hurt over this question.”

In reality, Adams played Trump by saying he would work with Trump on immigration, but it was all being said to get those charges dropped or to line up a pardon.

With no serious Republican in the race, Trump is going to throw his support behind Adams, but with Cuomo saying he will also be in the race, this is about as open as it gets.  During Trump's comments about NYC, he had stated that if Mamdani gets in the way of ICE, he would have him arrested.

Mamdani Responds 

After Trump made his comments, Mamdani responded, “The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported.

“Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city.”

He continued, “That Trump included praise for Eric Adams in his authoritarian threats is unsurprising, but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this Mayor’s time in City Hall.”

Mamdani is a dangerous man, but I almost want him to win to have these people reap what they sowed. On the other hand, I don’t want Mamdani and people like AOC to get a grip on a major US city because who knows what happens after that. My dilemma is that the options outside of Mamdani are a GOP nobody and two corrupt Democrats... that is the best that NYC has to offer.