October 2025: TRUMP PRESIDENCY Trump on Mamdani’s Desire to Close Rikers Island if Elected: ‘It’s Not Good,’ ‘You Need It’

Trump on Mamdani’s Desire to Close Rikers Island if Elected: ‘It’s Not Good,’ ‘You Need It’
"President Donald Trump said Thursday that New York City Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s desire to close Rikers Island if elected is “not good” in response to a question from Breitbart News.

In Wednesday night’s New York City mayoral debate, Mamdani said, “What I have said time and again is, and I’ll repeat it again, is yes, we have to close Rikers Island–Rikers Island is a stain on the history of this city–and that this current administration has made it nearly impossible to do so by the stipulated timeline.”
Breitbart News asked Trump what kind of impact closing Rikers Island would have on public safety, which prompted Attorney General Pam Bondi to shake her head in disagreement with far-left Mamdani’s vision.
“Well, it’s not good. I guess it’s not a very nice place. But you need it,” Trump said. “You need something. You have a lot of additional people in New York City that should not have been here. They came here through the open border.”
“You know, I don’t know how they even do it. New York City has always been tight for money, and then they spend, you know, $8 billion, and nobody complains about it, on people that just showed up and they just came out of nowhere. Where did they get the money? All of a sudden they have money,” he added." 

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