Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is challenging President Trump to face off in a televised debate — calling out the White House for trying to get involved in the heated race.

The dare came after ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the Queens socialist to debate him five times — once in each borough — during a press conference Thursday.

“Let’s cut out the middle man,” Mamdani told The Post. “Why should I debate Donald Trump’s puppet when I could debate Donald Trump himself?”

NYC’s mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has challenged President Donald Trump to a debate. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

Mamdani told The Post that the debate would “cut out the middle man” as the president has repeatedly bashed the Queens socialist. REUTERS

Mamdani, who beat Cuomo in the June Democratic pr

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