Trump Calls Jewish Supporters of New York’s Mamdani, Who Has Been Accused of Antisemitism, ‘Stupid’
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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, US, Nov. 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Donald Trump said on Tuesday that any Jewish person who votes for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a fierce critic of Israel who has also been accused of antisemitism, is a “stupid person,” the latest in a string of comments over the course of the US president’s career suggesting that Jewish Americans vote against their own interests.
“Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
His social media post followed comments on Monday in which he urged New Yorkers to vote for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is trailing Mamdani in the polls. He also threatened to withhold federal funds from New York City if Mamdani wins the Tuesday election.
Mamdani, who identifies as Muslim, has been critical of the current Israeli government but vehemently rejects accusations of antisemitism, which he has faced from many Republican and Jewish leaders.
Mamdani, who according to recent polling is overwhelmingly unpopular with Jewish voters in New York, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The far-left democrat socialist has repeatedly refused both to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada,” a phrase widely interpreted as a call to harm Jews and Israelis worldwide, and to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.
The mayoral frontrunner also supports the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to isolate Israel on the international stage as part of an effort to eliminate the world’s lone Jewish state.
Trump has previously targeted Jewish voters for largely voting in support of Democrats.
“If I don’t win this election – and the Jewish people would really have a lot to do with that if that happens because if 40 percent, I mean, 60 percent of the people are voting for the enemy – Israel, in my opinion, will cease to exist within two years,” Trump told an Israeli-American summit ahead of his election last year.
