President Donald Trump gave his support this Sunday to the Cuban-American candidate Emilio González for the election of mayor of Miami, where he will face the liberal Eileen Higgins on December 9.
“It is my great honor to support Emilio T. González to be the next mayor of the beautiful city of Miami, Florida!” the president, who plans to build his official presidential library in downtown Miami and has ties to the city, wrote in TruthSocial.
Trump considered that González, born in Havana, “has dedicated his entire life to serving his community” for being a “successful businessman, civic leader, former general director of Miami International Airport, and former manager of the city of Miami and chief administrative officer of the city of Miami.”
Thank you President @realDonaldTrump for your endorsement.
Miami’s future is on the line, and your support sends a powerful message that our city deserves strong, common-sense leadership. pic.twitter.com/WY6SVmyvCU
— Emilio T. Gonzalez for Mayor of Miami (@Emilioformiami) November 17, 2025
González was also director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Administration of President George W. Bush (2001-2009).
The Miami Mayoral election is non-partisan by rule, but in practice Higgins is affiliated with the Democratic Party and González is a Republican and has the support of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
From a list of more than 10 candidates, Higgins obtained 36% of the votes in the Miami Mayoral election on November 4, while González reached 19%, so both must face each other in a second round on December 9.
The election of the City Council of Miami, a city with almost 500,000 inhabitants, is less momentous than that of mayor of Miami-Dade County, of about three million inhabitants and the largest in South Florida, he specifies. EFE.
But the elections have awakened the attention of the parties due to the symbolic importance of Miami for Trump, who changed his official residence from New York to Florida, and in November 2024 was the first Republican presidential candidate to win Miami-Dade County since 1988.
The outgoing mayor of Miami is Francis Suárez, a politician of Cuban descent, close to the Republican Party and Trump, who was the driving force behind building the official presidential library in the center of the city and hosting the G20 Summit next year.
“Miami’s future is at stake, and your support sends a strong message: our city deserves strong and sensible leadership,” González wrote from X, in gratitude for Trump’s message.
