Here are answers to whether the president can make good on his threat to take over the city if Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor.

President Trump suggested a federal takeover of New York City and Washington, claiming a "tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to."

Evan Vucci/AP “If a communist gets elected to run New York, it can never be the same. We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to,” Trump said in an extended riff Tuesday in which he also criticized Washington’s local government,