President Donald Trump wants New York City’s mayor-elect to play nice with Washington.
Trump, 79, issued a word of caution to Zohran Mamdani after the 34-year-old democratic socialist name-dropped the president in an impassioned speech that followed his decisive victory in the closely watched New York City mayoral race.
“I thought it was a very angry speech—certainly angry toward me—and I think he should be very nice to me,” Trump told Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday. “You know, I’m the one that sort of has to approve a lot of things coming to him. So he’s off to a bad start.”
Trump has consistently threatened to withhold federal funding from New York if Mamdani wins, writing in a Truth Social screed on Monday that it was “highly unlikely” he would fund his “beloved first home” if the

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