Trump wants ‘two people to drop out’ to set up ‘one-on-one’ mayoral race with Mamdani in NYC

President Donald Trump, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, who aims to defeat New York City’s high-profile mayoral election, urging rival candidates to quit.

“I don’t think I can win unless one on one,” Trump told reporters before a White House dinner with leading tech industry executives on Thursday night.

Mamdani, a 33-year-old Ugandan socialist state councillor from Queens, New York City, is notorious for his history of communist and anti-Semitism, shocked the political world by defeating the former New York state government in June. Andrew Cuomo Nine other candidates have taken the Democratic mayor nomination through double digits.

Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 in a number of scandals, served as an independent candidate in the general election. The same goes for the current Eric Adams, who announced earlier this year that he would bypass the Democratic primary, amid approval declines.

Mamdani and Cuomo debate on the showdown of New York mayor

There is also the Co-founder of Guardian Angel on the ballot Curtis Sliwathe second consecutive election was the Republican mayor nominee.

But in cities where the Democrats dominate the political landscape, Mamdani is a clear field of polls. The November victory will make him the first Muslim and first millennial in the most populous city in the United States.

Mamdani swept the main victory, thanks to a dynamic sport that focuses primarily on affordability and the high cost of living in New York City. This is supported by supporters of grassroots military and the highest national progress champion, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Bernie Sanders of New York and Vermont.

Adams, Cuomo Trade Judge in an interview, was a dems-turned-official anti-Mamdani vote

Mamdani has cleverly used social media platforms including Tiktok, along with low-key voters. His left-wing proposal includes canceling the fare New York City The huge bus system, which makes CUNY (City University of New York City) “free of tuition,” freezes rent on municipal housing, provides “free parenting” for children over 5 years old, and establishes a government-run grocery store.

Trump, a local New Yorker, now who calls Florida home, weighs the trade-offs again, said: “I want to see two people drop out of school, one on one. I think it’s a game that can be won.”

The president also reiterated his claim that Mandani is a communist.

“I would rather have a communist mayor in New York City. And, that’s his policy. If you’ve seen his statements in the past.”

White House remains silent on Trump’s allies

Trump did not say which candidates he wanted to see dropped out of school. Trump said reporters asked him if he encouraged any mayoral competitor to withdraw from the game.

Trump’s top adviser is trying to convince Adams and Sliva to quit the game by offering positions in the presidential administration The New York Times Report this week.

and New York Post The report said Trump hopes the candidates will surrender next week.

The New York Times and the New York Post also reported that Adams told a small group of friends and advisers that he was considering job opportunities that would prompt him to suspend his re-election campaign for mayor.

Two newspapers also reported that they were in Florida on Tuesday Adams meets With Steve Witkoff, Trump’s top envoy and consultant.

But the mayor and his campaign publicly reiterated that he did not withdraw from the competition.

“Don’t drop out of school,” Adams campaign spokesman Todd Shapiro told Fox News’ Henry Naccari.

Adams doubled Friday and said in a statement: “I am still running for re-election.”

But in recognition of the reported work offer in the Trump administration, the mayor wrote: “While I always hear about serving our country, there is no formal offer.”

“I’m not dropping out of school. I’m a major party candidate. Let independents play music chairs and decide who drops out of school,” Sliwa emphasized in a digital interview with Fox News last month.

In recent days, he reiterated that he has not withdrawn and said he has no interest in working in the Trump administration.

Cuomo said in a conversation with reporters on Thursday that he “didn’t know” whether the report on Trump’s attempt to clear the field was accurate, saying he did not speak to Trump or Adams.

“I know nothing about this kind of speculation,” the former governor said.

Trump’s comment on the mayoral race comes hours after Cuomo challenged Mamdani five different debates in five New York City Buroughs.

Cuomo argued that Mamdani failed to “respond directly” to reporters’ questions and changed everything he said on the campaign.

“When you try to ask [Mamdani] He wouldn’t answer a question at all, he was confused. And, frankly, you guys got him out of it,” Cuomo said, “I won’t let him out of it. And the New Yorker won’t let him get rid of it. ”

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But Mamdani hit back with her own proposal: debate Trump.

“Let’s cut the middleman. Why debate Donald Trump’s puppet when I can debate Donald Trump himself?” Mamdani’s campaign told Fox News Digital in a statement. “If Donald Trump takes the mayoral campaign seriously, he should come to New York City to debate directly why I’m cutting snapshot benefits for hungry New Yorkers in order to provide tax breaks for his wealthy donors.”

Meanwhile, in order to raise fundraising capabilities and grassroots strength, the Mamdani movement announced on Friday that it had officially reached the $8 million spending cap in New York City and said it would urge supporters to stop donating.

Courtney De George of Fox News contributed to the report.