Trump Lashes Out At Zohran Mamdani’s 'Very Angry' Victory Speech, Warns He's 'Off To A Bad Start'

Last Updated:November 06, 2025, 09:10 IST

Trump had previously signalled his concern over Mamdani’s candidacy, warning that if Mamdani won, the city might face reduced federal funding

US President Donald Trump. (IMAGE: REUTERS)

US President Donald Trump has gone on the offensive following the victory of Zohran Mamdani as mayor-elect of New York City, declaring that the Indian-American’s victory speech was “very angry" and warning that he is “off to a bad start".

“I thought it was a very angry speech. Certainly angry toward me, and I think he should be nice to me. I’m sort of the one that has to approve a lot of things coming to him, so he’s off to a bad start," Trump said.

Mamdani, who made history on Wednesday as New York City’s youngest mayor-elect and the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent to hold the post, had directly taken on the President in his victory speech. “So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."

He added: “New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

However, Trump said Florida city “will soon be the refuge for those fleeing communism in New York". “The decision facing all Americans could not be more clear: We have a choice between communism and common sense," he said, also casting the choice as between an “economic nightmare" and an “economic miracle."

The US President claimed that the United States had lost “sovereignty" after New Yorkers elected Mamdani as their next mayor. “We’ll take care of it," Trump said without explaining what he meant, while claiming the country’s largest city would become communist.

Trump had previously signalled his concern over Mamdani’s candidacy, warning that if Mamdani won, the city might face reduced federal funding. He wrote on Truth Social: “If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home."

Despite this, Trump offered a degree of cooperation in remarks at a Miami economic conference: “We will help him. We want New York to be successful. We’ll help him, a little bit maybe."

Mamdani responded to the possibility of conflict with Washington by saying he “will work with Trump" on issues like “cheaper groceries and a lower cost of living," but warned he would “utilise the courts" if the president sought punitive measures against the city for electing him.

Mamdani’s mayoral race win came despite fierce attacks on his policies and Muslim heritage from business elites, conservative media commentators and Trump himself. “If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him," Mamdani said in his speech.

Mamdani’s win, as well as the Democratic Party’s other victories in the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey, suggested a shift in political mood as the country looks toward next year’s midterm elections, when control of Congress will be up for grabs.

However, Trump refused to take any blame for the results. In a post on his Truth Social network, he cited anonymous “pollsters" suggesting the Republican defeats were due to the government shutdown and the fact that his own name wasn’t on the ballots.

(With AFP inputs)

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