Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, pointedly explained why he thinks President Donald Trump has levied attacks on his citizenship and threatened to arrest him in recent days. Trump simply needs a distraction, Mamdani argued in a press conference with New York City labor leaders on Wednesday.

The war of words between New York’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and United States President Donald Trump intensified on Wednesday. Mamdani alleged that Trump was attacking him as he was desperate to "distract" the people of the country from his war.