President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed Curtis Sliwa — his own party’s New York City mayoral candidate — as “not exactly prime time” and even disparaged his affinity for cats, as pressure mounts for Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani 's rivals to drop out of the race.

“New Yorkers care for people and for animals, and so does Curtis Sliwa,” said campaign spokesperson Daniel Kurzyna. “He is proud of his wife Nancy, who has devoted her life to fostering, caring for, and saving animals, and fighting for them when no one else would.

President Trump Friday dismissed Republican Curtis Sliwa as a cat-loving lightweight who has little chance of winning the City mayor’s race against Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. Riffing on Sliwa’s well-known penchant for felines,

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said he doesn’t want President Trump involved in the mayor’s race following reports that he’s seeking to clear the field for the former governor.

President Donald Trump recently said he’d like to see two people drop out of the NYC mayor's race “and have it be one on one.” He didn't specify who.

I call him my little communist… it would look like he’s going to win, and that’s a rebellion,” Trump said on Fox & Friends. His comments come as Mayor Eric Adams doubles down on staying in the race and Andrew Cuomo sharpens his attacks on rivals.

President Trump expressed his apparent distaste for the man New York Republicans chose as their standard bearer in the mayor's race.

Trump's meeting with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani comes after Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an attack in Qatar.