Trump threatens withholding federal funding if Zohran Mamdani wins the NYC mayoral election.
Truly insane, though very normal, behavior at this point.
I just don’t see how this sort of Central Planning and authoritarianism doesn’t stop now that it’s started.
When I say over, I do think that this experiment, or this chapter of the American experience, could end soon. But, I also think there’s something on the other side of it.
This is incredibly bad on it’s face.
It’s catastrophic played out at scale because it’s open ended Supreme Leadership that respects no norms, institutions, or laws.
I hope we don’t play this out.
Plus, will “the other side” not do this sort of thing if they win the White House (if) in the 2028 election?
“Gavin Newsom tweets he’ll withhold federal funding for Arkansas after it defies ___ presidential executive order.”
Bad stuff.