Borough Brawl: Mamdani vs. Trump In High-Stakes NYC Showdown
India-West News Desk
NEW YORK, NY — Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has intensified his general election campaign by centering his message squarely on opposition to President Donald Trump, casting his rivals as too closely aligned with the White House.
The shift comes days after Trump suggested he might deploy the National Guard to address crime in cities such as New York. In response, Mamdani kicked off a five-borough “Against Trump” tour, vowing to make his prospective administration “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare” through policies aimed at uplifting working-class New Yorkers.
Mamdani has linked his opponents directly to the president, noting that former governor Andrew Cuomo spoke with Trump, that a criminal fraud case against Mayor Eric Adams was dropped at the urging of the White House, and that Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa shares Trump’s political party.
Cuomo, who lost the Democratic primary to Mamdani, mocked the strategy on X, writing, “Trump will flatten him like a pancake,” and claiming he is the only candidate with a proven record of standing up to the president.
Trump, for his part, has questioned Mamdani’s citizenship, threatened to arrest him, and warned of federal funding cuts to New York City if Mamdani were elected. On August 11, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson escalated the attacks, calling Mamdani “the American people’s worst nightmare.”
A self-described democratic socialist, Mamdani has rejected claims that he is a communist, noting that the Communist Party does not count him among its members.
ANUPAM PATEL
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No doubt that he is a communist, a tiger in sheep’s clothing! What else can he be when he talks like a communist and acts like a communist? I am sure communists will love him. Yesteryear’s communists have become today’s socialists to screw voters and win. Let him go and run where he came from and see if he can win there.
August 14, 2025Daljit Singh
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Zohran Mamdani represents the new age in U.S. politics that has been dominated for a long time by the old guard of the two major parties, who scratch each other’s backs and pick lice from each other’s heads. The new politics in the United States will be framed by those who have been left behind to search for the economic crumbs dropped by the capitalists, interested only in stuffing their pockets at the cost of hard-working people. It will be an economic and social revolution of the young for fair housing, transportation, and sustainable, nutritious food. There is a lot of hope still exists in the American political system for fair treatment of all people, justice, and gainful employment. Under the leadership of Mamdani, the City of New York will become a new mecca for progressive people all over the world to visit the city of hope.
August 19, 2025