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President Trump on Friday appeared resigned to “a communist in New York City” after incumbent Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced plans to stick with his independent reelection bid, despite calls from the White House for a one-on-one race between former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Democratic primary winner Zohran Mamdani.

“He’s free to do what he wants,” Trump said of Adams as he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office.

“It would seem to me … that the only way you’re going to beat the communist — because you have a communist running. Which is fine. I’ll have to deal with a communist in New York City. I never thought that was going to happen. … It would seem to me that if he stays........

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