President Trump threatened early Monday to withhold federal funds from New York after Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “shocking” endorsement of socialist Zohran Mamdani to be the Big Apple’s mayor.

“Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has Endorsed [sic] the “Liddle’ Communist,” Zohran Mamdani, running for Mayor of New York,” the president wrote online . “This is a rather shocking development, and a very bad one for New York City.”

“How can such a thing happen?” Trump continued, adding, “Washington will be watching this situation very closely. 3

“No reason to be sending good money after bad!”

The bombshell endorsement by Hochul — who for months refused to get involved in the mayoral race — was revealed by The Post Sunday evening , just before her guest essay defending her choice was publis

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