Trump urges New Yorkers to vote for Cuomo for mayor [View all]

Source: CNN Politics

PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2025, 6:23 PM ET


President Donald Trump urged New Yorkers to vote for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral race on the eve of the election.

“Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job,” the president wrote on Truth Social on Monday, adding that Cuomo “is capable of it” and that Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani “is not!”

Trump has previously offered tepid support for the former Democratic governor who’s running as an independent, casting the election as a choice between the better of two bad options, while completely discounting the Republican candidate. “I’m not a fan of Cuomo one way or another, but if it’s going to be between a bad Democrat and a communist, I’m going to pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you,” Trump told CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired Sunday.

Mamdani quickly seized on Trump’s comments in that interview, posting his congratulations to Cuomo on X on Sunday and adding, “I know how hard you worked for this.” Trump on Monday repeated his threats to deny federal funding to New York City if Mamdani, a democratic socialist, wins.

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