Trump Responds On Social Media Following Election Night
It was a historic and surprising election night in New York City, and now, President Donald Trump has broken his silence. After Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani was projected the winner of New York City’s mayoral…
It was a historic and surprising election night in New York City, and now, President Donald Trump has broken his silence.
After Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani was projected the winner of New York City’s mayoral race, President Trump took to Truth Social with a brief but pointed message: “…AND SO IT BEGINS!”
The comment came hours after Mamdani delivered a fiery victory speech in Queens. The 34-year-old made history as the city’s first Muslim mayor and ran on a progressive platform, including promises of fare-free buses, a $30 minimum wage by 2030, and a freeze on rent-stabilized housing. He also pledged support for expanding public childcare programs. His campaign, energized by younger voters and left-leaning coalitions, focused heavily on affordability and equity.
Trump had backed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent. Their history is complicated — the two were vocal opponents during the COVID-19 pandemic — but in this race, Trump called on New Yorkers to vote for Cuomo despite any personal misgivings.
“Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice,” Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier this week. “You must vote for him and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!”
That endorsement was viewed by many as a strategic effort by Trump to prevent the rise of what he has described as extreme-left Politics in New York. Days before the election, in an interview with 60 Minutes, the president warned that his administration would likely limit federal funding for New York City if Mamdani were elected.
“It’s gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York,” Trump said. “Because if you have a communist running New York, all you’re doing is wasting the money you’re sending there.”
Mamdani, who immigrated from Uganda with his family as a child, responded directly to those remarks during his victory speech. Standing in front of a cheering crowd, he declared, “New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant.”