President Donald Trump issued a provocative threat during a Cabinet meeting this week: If New York City elects a “communist” mayor, he might take the city over, just like he might take over Washington,

It’s certainly an unusual New York City mayor’s race. If you recently started paying attention, here’s the extremely abridged version: Our incumbent Mayor Eric Adams should have had an easy path to reelection after winning the open seat as a Democrat in 2021.

Trump floated taking over the city under a Mamdani mayoralty, saying, “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to.”