The president, who has a history of spewing sometimes vile insults at rivals, has in recent days escalated his attacks against the 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist. Trump has threatened to arrest Mamdani, to deport him and even to take over the country’s largest city if he wins the general election in November.

President Trump slammed Zohran Mamdani on Thursday as a “communist at the highest level” — and argued the Democratic socialist mayoral frontrunner wants to “destroy” the Big Apple. “In New York, they’re trying to elect a communist,