President Donald Trump has backed independent candidate Cuomo and warned that he could withhold federal funding if Mamdani wins. He also claimed that there would be no point in voting for his party's candidate Silva.
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The election race for the leadership of the superpower nation of America, the superpower metropolis of New York, has begun. The three-way competition began with the voting process on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, local time.
Former New York State Assemblyman Zohrab Kwame Mamdani, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Republican leader Curtis Silva are in the race for mayor of New York. Mamdani is a Democratic candidate, Cuomo is an independent, and Silva is a Republican.
Top American leaders have considered the leadership competition in New York City, which can have an impact on American politics, to be important. President Donald Trump is also directly involved in the election strategy due to the talk of immigrant Mamdani for the leadership of New York, which has the largest immigrant population.
Trump, who did not support Silva, the leader of his own party, the Republicans, has warned that he may stop federal funding if Mamdani wins the mayoral race. President Trump has openly opposed Mamdani and supported independent candidate Cuomo as the election competition becomes tougher.
He seems to be silent on the issue of his party's Republican candidate Silva. "It doesn't matter if you like Cuomo or not. You have to vote for him and hope he does a great job. He is capable, but Mamdani is not," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Trump has been openly opposed to Mamdani before. He had said in a television interview that he would not give federal grants to a communist-run city. He also claimed that the grants Mamdani won would be misused. According to opinion polls conducted by various media, Democratic candidate Mamdani was in the lead.
Cuomo, who ran as an independent, was second, and Republican candidate Silva was in low favor, according to US media.
