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The detention camp for immigrants arrested for being illegally in the U.S. is located in the Florida Everglades swamp, famous for its alligators and pythons.

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Trump, 79, asked the Fox News reporter to repeat the question and then misunderstood it, instead talking about living in Florida.

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Democrats replaced Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump.

Biden性视界传媒檚 acuity has been a frequent point of contention for Trump and his conservative supporters.

Trump holds frequent sessions with the media at the White House, on Air Force One and at events

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President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

At the same press conference, Trump also threatened to arrest Mamdani, a socialist New York City mayoral candidate who won the Democratic primary earlier this month, if he tries to block enforcement of federal immigration laws.

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Trump called Mamdani a 性视界传媒渃ommunist性视界传媒 over his proposals for free child care and bus transit and government-owned, low-cost grocery stores and rent freezes to deal with high costs of living in New York.

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Mamdani, who faces New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Republican Curtis Silwa in the general election, wants to pay for his agenda via increased corporate income taxes and a new 2% tax on those making more $1 million annually.

Mamdani was born in Uganda and his family moved to New York when he was a child.

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