NYC Mayor Mamdani
If Trump Comes to Knicks Game, I Won’t Be With Him!!!
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he’s down to watch the Knicks in the NBA Finals, but don’t expect to see him sitting courtside with President Trump … that’s IF the commander-in-chief shows up at Madison Square Garden.
Jacob caught up with Mamdani Thursday in Queens, and asked him about Trump saying he plans to attend a Finals game after being invited by Knicks owner James Dolan.
Mamdani doesn’t sound too interested in making it a bipartisan basketball outing … saying, “If the president went to a game, that’s his decision to make. If I go to the game, I’ll be doing so separately.”
We also asked how Trump would be received by the MSG crowd — in the heart of deeply Democratic Manhattan — but Mamdani said he didn’t want to “make a fool” of himself trying to predict how New Yorkers might react.
The mayor sounded fired up about the Knicks’ playoff run, though … joking he hopes the Western Conference finalists “keep going double OT” so whoever survives comes into the Finals exhausted.
It does sound like he has a preference, though, about which team ends up playing the Knicks … check out the video.
As for whether he’d even have a chance interaction with Trump, Mamdani said he’s still trying to figure it out, if he’s gonna attend … or just watch on TV.
While they made nice back in November during Mamdani’s Oval Office visit … it’s a winning bet that — if they go — the Mayor and the Prez won’t be sharing a jumbo pretzel at MSG