Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani addresses supporters on the Brooklyn Paramount on Nov. 4, 2025.
Photograph by Dean Moses
Throughout his victory speech Tuesday night time, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani immediately addressed Donald Trump and advised him to “turn the volume up” on his TV as he outlined how he would push again in opposition to the president’s threats to defund town and meddle in his administration.
“We will put an end to the culture of corruption that has allowed billionaires like Trump to evade taxation and exploit tax breaks,” the mayor-elect stated. “New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant. So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”
On Wednesday, Mamdani took a barely softer tone towards Trump throughout a press convention at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. The mayor-elect stated that whereas he’s not afraid to tangle with the White Home when he deems it vital, he nonetheless is keen to work with the Republican president on methods to handle town’s affordability disaster.
“I will not mince my words when it comes to President Trump, I will continue to describe his actions as they are, and I will also always do so by leaving a door open to have that conversation,” Mamdani stated.
Mamdani, a democratic socialist Queens lawmaker, expressed a want to talk with Trump about tackle hovering prices within the Massive Apple. Trump received reelection final 12 months with the same give attention to reducing prices.
Up to now, Mamdani has not been shy about calling Trump an “authoritarian,” condemning his aggressive push to spherical up and deport undocumented immigrants, cuts to the social security internet, and quest to legally go after his political adversaries — together with state Legal professional Normal Letitia James.
For his half, Trump has usually sought to belittle Mamdani by calling him as a “communist.” The president additionally threw a last-minute endorsement at Mamdani’s rival, Andrew Cuomo, within the mayor’s race, slamming what the mayor-elect’s victory may imply for the path of the Democratic Social gathering with out naming him.
The president has threatened to considerably reduce important federal {dollars} to New York if Mamdani have been elected mayor, saying on Monday that it could be “hard” to provide town funds if he have been in cost.
Trump has beforehand hinted {that a} Mamdani administration may lead him to ship the Nationwide Guard into the 5 boroughs — an motion he has taken in different cities, however has up to now stayed away from in New York.
