United States Republican President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to vote for former Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral race and threatened to restrict federal funds for the metropolis if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the election.The formal endorsement on Monday came hours before polling stations were set to open in the closely-watched election.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listOpinion polls show Mamdani leading against Cuomo, the former governor of New York State, who is running as an independent after losing to the young politician in the Democratic primary.According to the latest RealClearPolitics polls on Monday, Mamdani led with 45.8 percent, maintaining a 14.7-point advantage over Cuomo’s 31.1 percent.The Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, was at 17.3 percent.Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said “it is my strong conviction that New York City will be a Complete and Total Economic and Social Disaster should Mamdani win”.The Republican president said he would rather see Cuomo, a “Democrat, who has had a Record of Success, WIN, than a Communist with no experience and a Record of COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE”.He went on to say that a vote for the Republican candidate, Sliwa, was a “vote for Mamda …
