Treasury Secretary Bessent calls NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani Democratic Party leader

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated in an interview on Tuesday that New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is the chief of the Democratic Occasion.

Chatting with CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bessent stated: “I used to be within the room and I believe you must have some admiration for a candidate who ran a marketing campaign the best way he did. It was an excellent, nice marketing campaign.”

“He is clearly the chief of the Democratic Occasion now. And I believe it exhibits how open-minded the president is that he invited him to the Oval,” Bessent stated.

The Treasury Secretary identified that Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Mamdani within the mayoral race. Different key New York Democrats, together with Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries and Governor Kathy Hochul, supported the mayor-elect.

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Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with members of the media outdoors the White Home, November 5, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)

“President Trump desires one of the best for New Yorkers,” Bessent added. “I can inform you that my impression of the mayor-elect is that he’s a younger man with a number of outdated concepts that by no means labored. Level out an instance the place insurance policies like his have led to one thing apart from decline.”

He additionally stated that it was straightforward to marketing campaign, however that governing – “preserving individuals protected, cleansing up the trash, making the subway run on time” – was truly an entire completely different problem.

“We’ll see,” Bessent added.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named Zohran Mamdani the chief of the Democratic Occasion throughout a CNBC interview on November 25, 2025. (Getty Photos)

Sorkin additionally requested Democratic strategist James Carville who he noticed because the occasion’s chief, noting Bessent’s argument that it was Mamdani.

“Nobody particular person represents the occasion. The one one that can characterize the occasion is a presidential candidate, who will likely be chosen by the occasion members who vote within the primaries,” Carville argued.

Trump stated Mamdani was a “rational particular person” throughout a information convention after their assembly on Friday.

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Trump additionally stated they each wished New York Metropolis to do effectively.

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“We have now one factor in widespread,” Trump stated Friday. “We would like this metropolis of ours that we like to do very well. And I wished to congratulate the mayor. He actually ran an unbelievable race in opposition to, you recognize, a number of good individuals, beginning with the early primaries in opposition to some very robust individuals, very good individuals. And he beat them, and he beat them simply. And I congratulated him, and we talked about some issues that had been very robust in widespread, like housing and getting housing constructed and meals and costs.”