Trump says Mamdani likely can’t be beat after Adams vows to stay in NYC mayoral race

By Reuters 6 September 2025, 1:10 am

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens as he is endorsed by former New York governor David Paterson for reeelection at City Hall on August 13, 2025 in New York. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

US President Donald Trump says that New York Mayor Eric Adams continuing his bid for reelection diminishes the chance of anyone defeating Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, but adds that Adams is “free to do what he wants.”

“It would seem to me that if he (Adams) stays in, if you have more than one candidate running against him (Mamdani), it can’t be won,” Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office, shortly after Adams says he is not ending his campaign for reelection.

“I would say that (Andrew) Cuomo might have a chance of winning if it was a one-on-one. If it’s not one on one, it’s going to be a hard race,” Trump adds.