Jon Voight has publicly urged President Donald Trump to “terminate” the New York City mayoral election won by Zohran Mamdani.
The 86-year-old Oscar winner, recently appointed by Trump to the newly created role of special ambassador to Hollywood, issued his appeal in a two-minute video posted on social media, filmed against a backdrop of the American flag.
“We, the people, have put our trust in the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” Voight said. “He, and only he, can stop this horror, as this mayor, Mamdani, will try to destroy New York’s wealth and turn it into a socialist crap city. Let this be a warning to the people, and may God bless.”
Voight, whose primary residence is in Beverly Hills, centred his remarks on Islamophobic rhetoric, claiming that New York would become “a virtual refugee shelter for the radical Muslim ideology” and describing the days since Mamdani’s victory as “the most dangerous time for our citizens.”
He also incorrectly labelled the 34-year-old mayor-elect a “communist”, though Mamdani has consistently identified himself as a democratic socialist.
It is worth noting that the US presidency does not have the legal authority to remove a New York City mayor from office.
Voight continued: “This mayor will destroy this city. We are obligated to demand our rights for our private sanctuary, our businesses, our property, everything we have worked so hard for. And this 35-year-old mayor has no right dictating the rules of socialism for a city built on our highest principles, with brick and stone, by hard-working Americans. This must be stopped and his mayoralty should be terminated immediately. You, the people of the greatest city, New York, are in danger of losing your city to this communist fool.”
Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election with a clear majority, defeating former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent after first losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary. Mamdani is due to take office on January 1.
