President Donald Trump offered his support to Andrew Cuomo ahead of New York City\u2019s mayoral election, though he made clear his reservations.<\/p>\n
In an interview on CBS\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes<\/a>\u201d that aired Sunday, Trump called Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani \u201cfar worse than a socialist\u201d and said he would prefer to see Cuomo prevail. The president also suggested he would halt federal funding to the city if Mamdani is elected. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other,\u201d Trump said<\/a>. \u201cBut 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Mamdani later mocked Trump\u2019s comments on Cuomo, the former New York governor who is running as an independent. <\/p>\n \u201cCongratulations, @AndrewCuomo,\u201d Mamdani wrote in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cI know how hard you worked for this.\u201d <\/p>\n A spokesperson for Cuomo\u2019s campaign said Trump\u2019s comments were \u201cstream of consciousness\u201d and not an endorsement. <\/p>\n \u201cI have not had a conversation, nor would I accept an endorsement from President Trump<\/a>,” Cuomo told NBC News in early October<\/a>.<\/p>\n Voters on Tuesday will decide who succeeds Eric Adams as New York City\u2019s next mayor. <\/p>\n Mamdani, who identifies as a democratic socialist, currently holds a double-digit lead over Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in most polls, according to the New York Times\u2019 election tracker<\/a>. Cuomo owned a significant polling advantage<\/a> heading into June\u2019s Democratic primary, but Mamdani won the ranked-choice election in a stunning upset<\/a>. <\/p>\n Trump has previously warned<\/a> that he would deploy the National Guard and withhold federal funds from New York City if Mamdani is elected mayor. The president reiterated those threats in Sunday\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a communist running New York, all you\u2019re doing is wasting the money you\u2019re sending there,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n Cuomo on Monday alluded to Trump\u2019s threats against New York City, positioning himself as the only candidate able to \u201cstop him.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cIf you want President Trump to try to take over the city – national guard on streets, choking federal funding – vote for @ZohranKMamdani<\/a> because Trump just said he will be coming and this poser @ZohranKMamdani<\/a> won\u2019t be able to stop him,\u201c Cuomo said in a post on X.<\/a> \u201dThat is a fact. The next Mayor has to be able to get us more, not ensure our demise. I am the only person in this race who can do that.”<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump offered his support to Andrew Cuomo ahead of New York City\u2019s mayoral election, though he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-29256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}