Trump says 'New Yorkers would be crazy' to elect Zohran Mamdani as mayor

US President Donald Trump called the Democrat Zohran Mamdani of Indian American descent a "communist" and said, "the last thing we need is a communist."

Mamdani claimed victory over former Democratic New York Gov Andrew Cuomo on election night last week in the Democratic mayoral primary. Final results will be announced Tuesday.

The 33-year-old democratic socialist and New York state assemblyman would be the city's first Muslim mayor and its first of Indian American descent if elected.


The Republican president, who grew up in New York, also mentioned Mamdani's campaign promise to open government-run grocery stores.

Trump said that if New Yorkers elect Mamdani as the next mayor, "I think they're crazy."