Mayor Zohran Mamdani refused to discuss President Trump stepping in to reverse a controversial World Cup red card against a US player — prompting one reporter to ask the 34-year-old mayor if he was “scared."
Soccer superfan Mamdani focused on the red card against US striker Folarin Balogun, calling it "cruel" but oddly dodging questions about whether he thought Trump should have gotten involved in the effort to overturn it.
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