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Trump slams free-rent pledge, warns NY exodus, hunger, squalor

6/6/2026

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President Donald Trump mocked Zohran Mamdani’s pledge of free rent, housing and subsidies as unrealistic.
Trump warned that companies leaving New York would create hunger and squalor.
He questioned why Mamdani supports policies that could drive high-income residents and businesses away, weakening the tax base.
Republicans dismissed rent freezes, expanded public housing and broader subsidies as disincentives to investment and growth.

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President Donald Trump mocked Zohran Mamdani’s pledge of free rent, housing and subsidies as unrealistic.
Trump warned that companies leaving New York would create hunger and squalor.
He questioned why Mamdani supports policies that could drive high-income residents and businesses away, weakening the tax base.
Republicans dismissed rent freezes, expanded public housing and broader subsidies as disincentives to investment and growth.