Sources tell US media the move aims to withdraw Adams from mayoral race to strengthen Cuomo and defeat Mamdani.Published On 5 Sep 20255 Sep 2025Members of the Trump administration have been considering offering New York City Mayor Eric Adams the role of ambassador to Saudi Arabia, United States media have reported.The plan, according to reports by The New York Times and Politico on Friday, is aimed at convincing Adams to drop out of the mayoral race in November to help defeat left-leaning Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAdams, who was first elected as a Democrat, has been running in the mayoral race as an independent. His popularity has tanked amid allegations that he coordinated with the Trump administration to alleviate his legal woes.Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, took a surprise victory in the city’s Democratic primary in July, defeating favourite Andrew Cuomo, the former Democratic governor of New York. A victory in the Democratic primary is considered the clearest path to victory in the race to lead the left-leaning city.Cuomo has stayed in the race and is running as an independent, but his support base is seen as overlapping with Adams’s. While President Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship with Cuomo in the past, he is considered the preferred candidate by his administration.The New York Times reported on Friday that Adams has been meeting regularly with Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who has been pushing the possible diplomatic position. It remained unclear how involved Trump has been in the process, the newspaper reported.Adams has publicly said he plans to stay in the race. Advertisement The mayor of the US’s largest city, with a population of nearly 8.5 million people, has been accused of cooperating with Trump’s deportation drive in exchange for the Justice Dep …
