You would think that, at some level, Trump would welcome a Mamdani victory; that way, he could spend 2026 riling up the base by complaining about the “communists” in NYC rather than explaining away the economy. Trump apparently doesn’t see it that way, however; he is actively intervening in the race to elect Andrew Cuomo.
Nothing would rile up the New York voters more than the sight of the Hegseth neo-Confederate militia marching up Fifth Avenue under the stony gaze of the man on golf cart. As a result, there will be no occupation of NYC until after the election.