New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- Donald Trump, on Monday, declared if he was to choose between Zohran Mamdani and his main rival Andrew Cuomo as the mayor of New York, he would prefer a "bad Democrat" over a "Communist."

"Because if you have a communist running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money you're sending there. So I don't know that he's won, and I'm not a fan of Cuomo one way or another, but if it's gonna be between a bad Democrat and a communist, I'm gonna pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you." Trump said in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday.

The POTUS further stated that it would be difficult for him to "give a lot of money" to New York because he feels the funds would be 'wasted' if Mamdani is ...