President Trump called out New York City officials over a newly released map of ethnic communities that leaves out one of the city's most storied neighborhoods, and he tied the omission directly to the billions of federal dollars the city is seeking.
Speaking on the map, the president said it includes enclaves for newer arrivals but skips Little Italy entirely.
"In NYC, officials recently released a map showing ethnic communities in our nation's largest city," Trump said. "The map includes Little Senegal, Little Guyana, Little Haiti, Little Yemen — but it does NOT include a place called Little Italy, an unthinkable omission... A disgrace."
In the video remarks, the president walked through the list himself, name by name, before landing on what he saw as the point.
"And unthinkable omission for New York City. Think of that. So you have Yemen covered Haiti covered, Guyana covered, Senegal covered," he said.
"I think it's a disgrace. We are going to work on that immediately."
Funding threat follows the map
Trump did not stop at criticism of the map. He moved straight to the money, saying the city should not expect to receive the federal funds it wants while treating the Italian-American community this way.
"Oh, we're not going to be sending them. Well, we're not going to be sending them any of the billions and billions of dollars that they want to waste all the time," he said.
The president framed the omission as deliberate rather than accidental, directing his remarks at those he said want the community gone.
"Those who hate our country want to see the Italian-American community erased," Trump said. "They don't want to have an Italian-American community because you stand for something that's incredible."
Contrast with Biden-era spending
The remarks came alongside a broader argument about where federal money has gone. In a separate post, the president's team contrasted his record with the previous administration's Medicaid spending, stating that "Biden's Medicaid scam — which you clearly don't understand — funneled taxpayer money to corrupt Democrat cities, leaving only 7% of hospital spending for rural communities," and that Trump "invested $50B into the communities Biden left."
New York City has not responded to the president's remarks. The map remains in circulation, and the funding question the president raised now sits over the city's requests to Washington.
