President Donald Trump on Monday night explicitly called on New York City residents to vote for Andrew Cuomo over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral election .

Trump's endorsement of Cuomo's independent candidacy came on the eve of the election, and hours after Tesla CEO Elon Musk similarly endorsed the former New York governor.

Both Trump and Musk said that voting for the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, was effectively a vote for the state Assembly member Mamdani, who has consistently held a solid lead in polls for the general election.

"A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who looks much better without the beret!) is a vote for Mamdani," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post .

"Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice," Tru

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