New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Friday he will remain in the mayoral race, after The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump 's advisors were working on a plan to have Adams nominated as ambassador to Saudi Arabia to get him to abandon his campaign.
"I'm running for reelection, and I'm going to tell New Yorkers every day why I believe I should be the Mayor of the City of New York in 2026," said Adams, who recent polls show struggling to break single digits in an effectively four-way race..
Trump wants two candidates to drop out to make it easier for one remaining challenger to defeat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, the clear frontrunner.
Trump on Friday suggested that former New York governor Andrew Cuomo — a Democrat running as an independent — had the best cha