US EditionDonald Trump Dismisses Comparison to Zohran Mamdani: ‘I’m Much Better Looking than Him’
President Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from New York City if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral race, citing concerns over fiscal waste.
- President Donald Trump during a '60 Minutes' interview on Sunday brushed off comparisons to Zohran Mamdani, joking he is "much better looking" and rejecting the democratic socialist label.
- Mamdani has campaigned on a progressive policy platform including free buses, a rent freeze on rent-stabilized housing, and publicly owned grocery stores, gaining national attention for outreach across New York City's diverse communities.
- Mamdani beat former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the primary, prompting Cuomo to run independently; he faced Islamophobic smears which he addressed last week by embracing his Muslim identity.
- Threatening to cut city funding, Trump said he may withhold federal dollars if Mamdani becomes mayor and prefers a 'bad Democrat' over a candidate he described as a communist.
- As thousands voted in the mayoral race, Trump targeted Representative Ilhan Omar on Friday in a Truth Social post after a video circulated in recent weeks.
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Trump says he’s ’better looking’ than Mamdani amid NY race
US President Donald Trump said in a television interview that he was 'better looking' than New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as the New York mayoral race reaches its final stages. He said this on the CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ programme, after host Norah O’Donnell asked him how he felt about Mamdani being called a "left-wing version" of Trump. "Some people have compared him to a left-wing version of you, charismatic, breaking the old rules. What …
Donald Trump dismisses comparison to Zohran Mamdani: ‘I’m much better looking than him’
President Donald Trump mocked New York mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani, joking he’s “much better looking” than the 34-year-old socialist. Trump labeled Mamdani a “Communist” who would “destroy the Big Apple,” saying he’d prefer former Governor Andrew Cuomo over him.
Trump says ‘communist’ Mamdani isn’t a liberal version of him: ‘I’m a much better looking person’
President Donald Trump dismissed comparisons of New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani to a liberal version of himself, arguing that he is more attractive than the 34-year-old democratic socialist.
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