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With the high-profile election of New York City mayor just two weeks away, the question of President Donald Trump's potential endorsement of a candidate is in focus as it could sway the result.

On Sunday, the president was asked directly about the contest by Maria Bartiromo of Fox News, and Trump appeared hesitant, saying, "I guess I haven't made a decision really."

"I think it's not good to have a communist. Would I rather have a Democrat than a communist? Barely. They're almost becoming the same thing."

Trump calls front-runner Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani a communist, while former Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now running as an independent. Republican Curtis Sliwa is also in the race, trailing in the polls.

But would Cuomo even accept an endorsement from Trump?

He told Fox News on Monday: "I'm running as an independent, so I wouldn't ask for President Trump's endorsement. I don't want to accept endorsements like that."

"I think President Trump is analyzing the polls, and he says Cuomo is the only person who has a chance to beat Mamdami, which is what the polls say, and he says Curtis Sliwa basically is inconsequential, which also what the polls say."

Cuomo continued to hammer away at Zamdani in the interview, saying: "His answer is always the same: tax business, tax the rich, raise taxes, raise taxes, provide everything free – free transportation, free food, free, free, free. New Yorkers know there is no free."

"You keep taxing businesses and wealthy people in New York City, there will be nobody left."

"It's very clear what is happening here," Cuomo added.

"This is still an ongoing civil war within the Democratic Party where you have this extreme radical left. That's what Zohran Mamdani represents. They are socialists, they are anti-business, they are anti-police, they are anti-law-and-order, they are anti-Israel. And I am a 'moderate' Democrat."