“This is just one of the many threats that Donald Trump makes. Every day he wakes up, he makes another threat, a lot of the times about the city that he actually comes from,” Mamdani said. Asked by co-host Sara Haines why should voters who see that as a moral red line should trust his clarity and judgment, Mamdani said that New York City would be the main focus of his administration. “And also, millions of New Yorkers, myself included, care deeply about what’s happening in Israel and Palestine,” he added. Of course I’ve called October 7 [the attack on Israel by Hamas] what it was, which is a horrific war crime.