Posted on 09/03/2025 10:41:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The conversations have also involved Curtis Sliwa with the goal of giving Andrew Cuomo a better chance of defeating Zohran Mamdani in November.
Advisers to President Trump have discussed the possibility of giving Mayor Eric Adams of New York City a position in the administration as a way to clear the field in November’s mayoral election and damage the chances of the Democratic front-runner, Zohran Mamdani, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions.
The talks have also involved finding a possible place in the administration for the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa.
The goal, the people said, would be to give former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo a better chance of defeating Mr. Mamdani in November’s general election.
The discussions within Mr. Trump’s orbit about making a potentially audacious intervention date back weeks — and it is unclear if they will ultimately amount to anything. But the topic has taken on added urgency in New York in recent days as an already chaotic race steams into the last stretch of the campaign season.
Overlapping conversations have been playing out among some of the city’s biggest real estate executives and among allies of Mr. Cuomo, 67, a moderate Democrat who has known Mr. Trump for more than 40 years. Mr. Cuomo is running as a third-party candidate after badly losing June’s Democratic primary to Mr. Mamdani.
Those New Yorkers have been frantically searching for any way to halt the rise of the Mr. Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist who they fear will sour the city’s business climate, and have discussed potentially offering the mayor public or private sector jobs to encourage him to drop out.
John Catsimatidis, a billionaire grocery and oil magnate in New York, said in an interview that he had spoken with...
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says 4 contributors from the Nazi Times
Think about how screwed up New York City is to have a Republican administration help a Democrat out in winning the mayoral election.
No attributed sources so it is probably fantasy writing. Not a real article.
I want NYC to succeed...
in destroying itself and the democratic party...
by electing Mamdani as mayor.
What could go wrong with Mamdani as mayor? Everything!
If I were Trump, I’d want Adams as mayor and, failing that, Mamdani. Adams will do what Trump wants. But if Adams can’t win (which looks likely), Mamdani will be the perfect foil for the mid-term elections. Adams dropping out is the worst result for Trump because then he can’t win and he can’t split the vote away from Cuomo.
Against a Socialist!
“The goal, the people said, would be to give former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo a better chance of defeating Mr. Mamdani in November’s general election.”
The ‘lesser of two evils’ crowd can’t resist pushing their toxic ideology.
We should just endorse Sliwa and forget about the other three.
Dana Rubinstein Nicholas Fandos Maggie Haberman and William K. Rashbaum
It takes a village to raise a pack of lies.
A position for Adams?
What about in Alaska?
Very nice place.
Except that Democrat is somewhat reasonable and not a COMPLETE communist like Mandani.
“John Catsimatidis, a billionaire grocery and oil magnate in New York”?
It won’t matter. Many won’t vote for Cuomo due to his murdering old people during COVID.
Letting Islam gain a major toehold in this country is NOT a good thing...
A Cuomo win would be a pyrrhic victory.
Adam’s is a give away card for a Zohran Mamdani win get him out of NYC asap.
"We should just endorse Sliwa and forget about the other three."
I have seen claims that President Trump only endorses candidates with a good chance of winning to keep his batting average up. I say Trump should expend some of his political capital and endorse Curtis Sliwa.
I have heard Curtis make his pitch. It is law and order and bring jobs back to NYC. Sounds like MAGA to me.
If Curtis does not prevail Trump can say "I told you so" when the city goes to Hell.
Sounds just like a CIA operation. The only thing missing is the assassinations.
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