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Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani kicked off a weeklong, citywide rage tour in Manhattan Monday slamming President Trump for enacting policies that he claims are \u201cdire threats\u201d to New Yorkers \u2013 and used the platform to again try to link<\/a> the Republican to his rival Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n The champagne socialist was surrounded by former and current pols, including Rep. Jerry Nadler, who piled on Trump, arguing that through his signature \u201cBig, Beautiful\u201d bill that Medicaid, food assistance and other programs vital to city dwellers are being slashed.<\/p>\n Mamdani, 33, also claimed the legislation \u201ccontains such dire threats to the lives of so many that we love and care about\u201d before pivoting to Cuomo, who allegedly had a recent phone call with the president, according to a New York Times report.<\/a><\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani speaks in Manhattan Monday. Matthew McDermott<\/p>\n \u201cThese leaders, alongside me, whether in current office or continuing to lead our city beyond those offices, have been on the phone with constituents across this borough, speaking to them,\u201d the Queens assemblyman said at 1199 SEIU headquarters near Times Square. \u201cTrying to speak to their anxieties, their fears, their concerns, about whether they can afford this city, whether they will be safe in this city, whether there is room in this city for them as well.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd amidst all of those phone calls, former Governor Andrew Cuomo has been having a very different conversation on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n Cuomo, who is running as an independent after getting trounced by Mamdani in a Democratic primary in June, has disputed that he has spoken to Trump<\/a> about the mayoral race. <\/p>\n The 47th, who grew up in Queens and long called New York City home, is considering injecting himself into the contest to target Mamdani. <\/p>\n