Overview
- Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and naturalized U.S. citizen born in Uganda, was elected New York City mayor, becoming the city's first Muslim and its youngest leader.
- Speaking at the America Business Forum in Miami, Trump said Democrats want to turn the United States into communist Cuba or socialist Venezuela.
- Trump declared Miami would serve as a refuge for people leaving what he called a 'communist' New York following Mamdani's victory.
- He vowed the country will not become communist while he is in the White House and framed the political choice as 'communism or common sense,' with no new federal measures announced.
- Mamdani answered with a defiant message defending New York as a city of immigrants, as the exchange followed Democratic wins in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and a California ballot measure.