CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell spoke with Trump about several high-profile topics, including the ongoing government shutdown, immigration raids and international tariffs. O’Donnell also asked about the upcoming election, which will be held on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Zohran Mamdani, 34-year-old Democratic Socialist. He\u2019s the frontrunner\u2014” O’Donnell began.<\/p>\n
“Communist, not socialist,” Trump interrupted. “He\u2019s far worse than a socialist.”<\/p>\n
ZOHRAN MAMDANI VOWS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST TRUMP’S THREAT TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NYC<\/a><\/p>\n President Donald Trump has said that he would plan to meet with Zohran Mamdani if he was elected New York City mayor. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n “Some people have compared him to a left-wing version of you, charismatic, breaking the old rules. What do you think about that?” O’Donnell asked.<\/p>\n “Well, I think I\u2019m a much better-looking person than him, right?” Trump replied.<\/p>\n O\u2019Donnell then asked Trump what he would do if Mamdani, whom he called a communist, became mayor.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York,” Trump said. “Because if you have a communist running New York, all you\u2019re doing is wasting the money you\u2019re sending there. So I don\u2019t know that he\u2019s won, and I\u2019m not a fan of Cuomo one way or another, but if it\u2019s gonna be between a bad Democrat and a communist, I\u2019m gonna pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you.”<\/p>\n ZOHRAN MAMDANI LAUNCHES ANTI-TRUMP TOUR ACROSS FIVE BOROUGHS IN NEW YORK CITY<\/a><\/p>\n New York City Democratic mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani, is the current frontrunner in the race. (Deirdre Heavey\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n Last month, Trump declined to endorse any candidate in the New York City mayoral race, including Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. He added that he nevertheless intended to meet with Mamdani<\/a> if he won the election.<\/p>\n “Yeah, I\u2019ll speak to him,” Trump said. “I think I have an obligation to speak to him.”<\/p>\n Mamdani currently leads his closest opponent, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, by at least ten points<\/a>.<\/p>\n HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU MISSED FROM ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S FIRST FOX NEWS INTERVIEW<\/a><\/p>\n Sunday’s interview was the first time Trump appeared<\/a> on the CBS program after his settlement with CBS’ parent company Paramount. Trump sued the companies over an edited interview with then-Vice President Harris ahead of the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump has not appeared on “60 Minutes” since 2020. (Screenshot\/CBS)<\/p>\n Paramount Global agreed to pay Trump a $16 million settlement, though it did not acknowledge any journalistic wrongdoing in its settlement. Sources told Fox News Digital<\/a>, however, that CBS has agreed to update its editorial standards, adding a new rule requiring the release of full, unedited transcripts of future presidential candidates\u2019 interviews.<\/p>\n The sit-down was also Trump\u2019s first “60 Minutes” appearance since Oct. 2020, when host Lesley Stahl repeatedly interrupted him during what he later called an “extremely hostile” interview. Trump ended the segment by abruptly walking out of the interview.<\/p>\n![\"President](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trump_mamdani.jpg\")
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