During the morning of this Monday, May 4, the spokesman for the former mayor of New Yorkthe American lawyer Rudy Giulianiindicated that the New York politician, of 81 years, is hospitalized in Orlando, Florida, in critical conditionso the Republican required mechanical ventilation to assist his respiratory function.
“Mayor Rudy Giuliani is recovering“said his spokesperson, Ted Goodmanthrough a statement on the social network toxic dust in 2001.
Ted Goodman added that the obstructive disease of the New York lawyer was caused by the attack on Tuesday September 11, 2001when Rudy Giuliani was mayor of the city and a series of four attacks terrorists jihadist suicide attacks were committed in New York by the terrorist group Al Qaeda.
According to what the spokesperson stated, Rudy Giuliani “remains in critical condition,” but “he is winning this battle“because he is stable. “He is now breathing on his own, with his entire family and his medical provider by his side,” explained the spokesperson for whom he served as the 107th mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.
Rudy Giuliani’s infection
“Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a pneumonia that keeps him hospitalized. The virus overwhelmed his body, requiring mechanical ventilation to maintain an adequate level of oxygen and stabilize his condition,” added the spokesperson, who served as Donald’s lawyer. trump after his defeat in the 2020 elections.
The pneumonia inflamed the air sacs of both lungsfilling them with pus, and so far it is unknown whether the infection was caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, although it is known that it causes coughing with phlegm, fever, chills and difficulty breathing, so it is potentially mortalespecially in adults over 80 years of age.
Faced with this scenario, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, spoke about the hospitalization of Giuliani, who in his youth was democratbut he leaned towards the Republican Party in 1993, before governing New York for 7 years, a period in which he focused on promoting a return to business and the arts in the city.
In his message, President Donald Trump critical that “the lunatics of the radical left“(Democrats in the United States) will try “so bad” to Giulani and once again insisted on electoral fraud in the 2020 elections, which he lost to to the Democrat Joe Biden, within the framework of the accusations promoted by the Republican president.
The last months of Rudy Giuliani
According to the American television station ABCover the course of the last few months Giuliani has been involved in multiple legal battles, including the loss of his license to practice as an attorney and a declaration of bankruptcyafter being sentenced to pay US$148 million for accusing election workers of electoral fraud.
Additionally, Giuliani was hospitalized on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, after a traffic accident that caused a fracture of his vertebrawhich has further limited his appearance at public events, where he has been frequently called to do political comments and support the campaigns of Republican candidates.