Posted on 10/21/2025 7:02:12 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he believes New York City could soon elect a "communist" mayor and signaled he’d prefer a Democrat to take the reins at City Hall over a far-left candidate.
Asked during a White House press gaggle whether he’d urge Republican Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the race, Trump didn’t endorse anyone, but made clear his concern about current polling with just two weeks to go until Election Day.
"Well, I looked at the polls and looks like we're going to have a communist as the mayor of New York," Trump said. "It'll be very interesting. But here's the good news. He's got to go through the White House, everything goes through the White House. At least this White House, it does."
Trump appeared to suggest that if Sliwa exited the race, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo might close the gap with Democratic socialist nominee Zohran Mamdani, but wasn’t confident it would change the outcome.
"If he [Sliwa] dropped out, he's not going to win. And not looking too good for Cuomo either," Trump said. "Maybe if he dropped out, Cuomo would have a little bit of a chance. But not much. Because it looks like the lead is—it’s not a great lead, but it’s big enough that he should be able to win."
Pressed on whether he’d be willing to meet with Mamdani if elected, Trump said he would.
"Yeah, I’ll speak to him," the president said. "I think I have an obligation to speak to him."
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Not that much difference really.
Build the wall...around NYC.
RE: Trump warns ‘I’d rather have a Democrat than a communist’ as NYC mayoral race enters homestretch
Well, it looks like we may never have another Giuliani-like Mayor ever again... NYC looks like a lost cause forever :(
If President Trump is so concerned he should endorse Sliwa.
A Jihadist communist. The worst kind of either one.
less and less distinction between those and it is not hyperbole at all to say that.
Cuomo is a corrupt thug, a murderer, and a socialist. Neither Cuomo or Mamdani should be candidates. Too bad the New York Republican Committee is a bunch of losers.
Indeed, not much difference.
Nobody here is going to get anything they want to see out of this.
It’s a choice between bad, worse and worst.
I’m just glad I don’t live there.
The President doesn’t endorse losers. It hurts the brand & diminishes his effectiveness. Trump’s endorsement in NYC is not a very powerful factor in any case.
I blame the Republican party in NYC for not finding a better candidate. A guy with a red beret & 30 cats in his apartment who has some very un MAGA positions doesn’t seem like he was a serious attempt at a Republican mayor...
“a controversial and conservative talk radio host who adamantly opposed Donald Trump and only took up the Republican mantle in 2020 as he approached a run for mayor in this year’s election.” His campaign website is a rehash of empty promises.
If Sliwa care about New York at all he would have already dropped out. His ego just won’t let him do it.
Aaaaand, the difference is? WUT?
Seriously though, there isn't a such thing as the "Republican Party" in NYC.
Many Republicans have relocated to Florida. Trump is one of them.
Certainly not nowadays, what passes for “democrats”. All nust socialists now.
If Sliwa dropped out, do you think Cuomo might win?
I’ve lost faith in the pragmatism of the population of NYC.
All the smart people already moved out of NYC years ago.
They can have the rotten apple.
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