President Donald Trump on Sunday predicted that Zohran Mamdani would turn out to be New York Metropolis’s worst mayor if the democratic socialist candidate is elected on Tuesday ― and took a shot at him that had nothing to do with politics.
“Some folks have in contrast him to a left-wing model of you: charismatic, breaking the previous guidelines. What do you concentrate on that?” CBS Information’ Norah O’Donnell requested the president throughout a “60 Minutes” interview.
“Effectively, I believe I’m a a lot better-looking individual than him, proper?” the president mentioned.
Trump slammed the rising Democratic star as a communist, and ― as he has up to now ― threatened to withhold cash from the town.
“It’s gonna be laborious for me because the president to provide some huge cash to New York. As a result of when you’ve got a communist operating New York, all you’re doing is losing the cash you’re sending there,” he mentioned.
Trump, a former resident of New York, mentioned he would vote for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo if he nonetheless lived there.
“I’m not a fan of Cuomo somehow, but when it’s gonna be between a foul Democrat and a communist, I’m gonna choose the dangerous Democrat on a regular basis, to be trustworthy with you,” he mentioned.
Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 after a number of girls accused him of sexual harassment, misplaced to Mamdani within the main however is on the poll as an impartial.
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Mamdani ― who earlier within the day accused Cuomo of being Trump’s “puppet” ― fired again on social media with a mock congratulatory message for the disgraced former governor: