Rudy Giuliani hospitalised in critical condition as Trump hails ‘True Warrior’ | US | News
(L/R) Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo greets former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as he attends the annual September 11 Memorial Ceremony held at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum on the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York on September 11, 2025. New York on Thursday marked the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001, 24 years after the hijackings. almost 3,000 lives and changed the United States forever. (Photo: TIMOTHY A.CLARY / AFP) (Photo: TIMOTHY A.CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
It was reported that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized in “critical but stable condition.”
Giuliani’s spokesperson took to X to share the news and called for prayers for “America’s Mayor.”
“Mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently in the hospital, in critical but stable condition,” Ted Goodman wrote on
The cause of Giuliani’s condition and the exact reason for his hospitalization remain unclear at this stage.
Giuliani, 81, served as mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001. According to the news of US Mirror.
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Giuliani hosted his online show “America’s Mayor Live” in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday evening.
He coughed as he opened the show, and his voice sounded noticeably hoarser than usual. He stated: “My voice is a little bad, so I won’t be able to speak as loudly as usual, but I will get closer to the microphone.”
In recent years, Giuliani has developed a close bond with President Trump, at one point serving as his personal legal advisor during his first term in office.
Trump shared the news of Giuliani’s hospitalization on Truth Social, praising the former mayor for being “the best” in the history of the Big Apple, while also reviving baseless claims of election fraud. “Our amazing Rudy Giuliani, a True Warrior and the Best Mayor EVER in New York City History, has been hospitalized and is in critical condition.
“What a tragedy that he was treated so poorly by the Radical Left Crazies and Democrats – AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING! They rigged the elections, made up hundreds of stories, did everything possible to destroy our Nation, and now look at Rudy. So sad! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” Trump wrote at 7:17 p.m.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 11: Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani attends the annual September 11 Memorial Ceremony held at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City on September 11, 2024. US President Joe Biden, Democratic presidential candidate, US Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump, and Republican vice presidential candidate US Senator JD Vance (R-OH) gathered with their families and friends to commemorate the lives of their loved ones at Ground Zero on the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Biden and Harris will also visit three sites where terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people took place, attending ceremonies at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (Image: Getty Images)
In 2020, Giuliani was tasked by Trump with managing legal challenges over alleged voting irregularities in the presidential election.
The former New York City mayor and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York was removed from office in 2024 after years of legal trouble stemming from false claims he made after the 2020 election.
The Manhattan appeals court issued the decision after finding that Giuliani persistently made misleading statements about the former President. Donald Trump2020 election defeat.
Giuliani previously saw his law license suspended in 2021 for making allegations.
In 2023, Giuliani was ordered to pay a total of $148 million to both Georgia election workers he falsely accused of fraud, following his sentencing in a defamation case for supporting the president’s false claims after the 2020 election. Shortly after, Giuliani filed for bankruptcy. Court documents revealed the lawyer owed millions of dollars in legal fees and unpaid taxes, according to the BBC.
