Overview
- Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, was elected New York City mayor over Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
- Speaking the day after the vote, Trump said the United States “lost a bit of sovereignty” and added, “We’ll take care of it.”
- He told supporters that Miami “will soon be the refuge for those fleeing communism in New York.”
- He accused congressional Democrats of “installing a Communist” as mayor and contrasted an “economic nightmare” with his claimed “economic miracle.”
- Mamdani replied in his victory speech with “turn the volume up,” and Trump has previously threatened to consider withholding federal funding if Mamdani won.