Andrew Cuomo, New York Metropolis mayoral candidate, throughout a marketing campaign occasion in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.
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President Donald Trump on Monday evening explicitly known as on New York Metropolis residents to vote for Andrew Cuomo over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani within the mayoral election.
Trump’s endorsement of Cuomo’s unbiased candidacy got here on the eve of the election, and hours after Tesla CEO Elon Musk equally endorsed the previous New York governor.
Each Trump and Musk mentioned that voting for the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, was successfully a vote for the state Meeting member Mamdani, who has constantly held a strong lead in polls for the final election.
“A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who appears a lot better with out the beret!) is a vote for Mamdani,” Trump wrote in a Reality Social publish.
“Whether or not you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you actually haven’t any selection,” Trump wrote.
“You need to vote for him, and hope he does a incredible job. He’s able to it, Mamdani shouldn’t be!”
Cuomo is a Democrat. He’s working as an unbiased as a result of he was defeated by Mamdani within the celebration’s main in June.
“Donald Trump is threatened by our marketing campaign,” Mamdani mentioned in an interview on CNN .
“What a pair!” he mentioned when Musk’s identify was talked about.
“They’ve picked Andrew Cuomo as a result of they know he would be the puppet they need, proper there in New York Metropolis,” Mamdani mentioned.
Mamdani’s spokesman instructed The New York Occasions that Trump’s endorsement of Cuomo was “completely the nail within the coffin for Andrew Cuomo.”
In the identical publish on Monday evening, Trump threatened to withhold federal funds from New York if Mamdani, who’s a self-identified democratic socialist, wins on Tuesday.
“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York Metropolis, it’s extremely unlikely that I might be contributing Federal Funds, apart from the very minimal as required, to my beloved first dwelling, due to the truth that, as a Communist, this as soon as nice Metropolis has ZERO likelihood of success, and even survival!” Trump wrote.
Mamdani shouldn’t be a communist.
Musk, in a publish on his social media website X, wrote, “Keep in mind to vote tomorrow in New York! Keep in mind {that a} vote for Curtis is known as a vote for Mumdumi or no matter his identify is.
The Occasions reported on Monday that Mamdani, throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Queens, mentioned that he had identified “for months” that Trump would again Mr. Cuomo.
“In these closing days, what was rumored, what was feared, has turn out to be bare and unabashed,” Mamdani reportedly mentioned.
“The MAGA motion’s embrace of Andrew Cuomo is reflective of Donald Trump’s understanding that this may be the very best mayor for him — not the very best mayor for New York Metropolis, not the very best mayor for New Yorkers, however the very best mayor for Donald Trump and his administration.”