President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he may seize control of New York City if democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral race.

“If a communist gets elected to run New York, it can never be the same,” Trump told the New York Post during a Cabinet meeting. “But we have tremendous power at the White House to run places where we have to.”

“New York City will run properly,” he said. “I’m going to bring New York back. I love New York.”

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