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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent<\/a> said Tuesday that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani<\/a> is the leader of the Democratic Party during an interview on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Speaking to CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bessent said, “I was in the room, and I think that you\u2019ve got to have some admiration for a candidate who ran a campaign the way he did. It was a great, great campaign.”<\/p>\n

“He is clearly the leader of the Democratic Party now. And I think it speaks to how open-minded the president is, that he invited him into the Oval,” Bessent said.<\/p>\n

The treasury secretary pointed out that Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., did not endorse Mamdani in the mayoral race. Other key New York Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Gov. Kathy Hochul, did endorse the mayor-elect.<\/p>\n

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“President Trump wants the best for New Yorkers,” Bessent added. “I can tell you, my impression of the mayor-elect is he\u2019s a young man with a lot of old ideas that have never worked. Point to one example where policies like his have led to anything other than a decline.”<\/p>\n

He also said it was easy to run a campaign, but actually governing \u2014 “keeping people safe, picking up the trash, making the subways run on time” \u2014 was a whole other challenge.<\/p>\n

“We’ll see,” Bessent added.<\/p>\n

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Sorkin also asked Democratic strategist James Carville<\/a> about who he saw as the leader of the party, noting Bessent’s argument that it was Mamdani.<\/p>\n

“No one represents the party. The only person that can represent the party is a presidential nominee, who will be chosen by the party members who vote in the primaries,” Carville argued.<\/p>\n

Trump said Mamdani was a “rational person” during a press conference after their meeting on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Trump also said<\/a> they both wanted New York City to do well.<\/p>\n

“We have one thing in common,” Trump said Friday. “We want this city of ours that we love to do very well. And I wanted to congratulate the mayor. He really ran an incredible race against, you know, a lot of smart people, starting with the early primaries against some very tough people, very smart people. And he beat them, and he beat them easily. And I congratulated him, and we talked about some things in very strong common, like housing and getting housing built and food and prices.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/scott-bessent-declares-zohran-mamdani-clearly-leader-democratic-party-leader-cnbc-interview <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is the leader of the Democratic Party during an interview on Tuesday. 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