Just days after socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani soared to victory in the New York City mayoral election, defeating former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, it appears that the mayor-elect is in for a rude awakening.
In his somewhat divisive victory speech, Mamdani eviscerated President Donald Trump, accusing him of betraying the nation.
Mamdani, who has several communist-leaning policies such as “freezing the rent” and “eliminating public transportation costs,” ran a successful campaign, particularly banking votes from young residents of New York City.
However, Mamdani is already suffering without having been sworn in as mayor.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is currently struggling with a mass exodus of officers who strongly oppose Mamdani’s victory.
In the past, Mamdani has called for defunding the police.
Even though he has since changed his tune on law enforcement, officers remain unconvinced.
After networks called the mayoral race for Mamdani, the president released a four-word message on social media.
“And so it begins,” Trump wrote.
Just a couple of months ago, conservative commentator Benny Johnson asked the president how he felt about Mamdani “likely” becoming the next mayor of New York City.
Johnson described Mamdani as a “communist” and asked the president what he would do if the radical Democrat blocked ICE from conducting operations in the Big Apple.
“We will have to arrest him,” the president said.
Trump appears to be keeping true to his word that he will not make life easy for Mamdani.
According to the Daily Mail, insiders at the White House said that if Mamdani continues his radicalism, consequences will follow.
“The president will be watching to see if Mamdani keeps up the tough-guy act by poking the bear,” an adviser within the White House said. “That’s a surefire way to trigger Trump’s anger and face some heavy consequences.”
Strategists are calling on the president to rescind Mamdani’s citizenship as a form of punishment.
“Going after his citizenship would be the ultimate blow against his upstart push for socialism,” one strategist told the Daily Mail.
On Nov. 2, in an interview with CBS News, Trump issued a blistering critique of Mamdani. This took place just two days before the mayoral election.
“Zohran Mamdani, Democratic socialist,” CBS News reporter Norah O’Donnell said.
“Not socialist, communist. He’s far worse than a socialist,” Trump replied.
“People have compared him to a left wing version of you,” O’Donnell followed.
“I think I’m a much better looking person, right?” Trump fired back.
In a shock to MAGA, the president had endorsed Cuomo to become the next mayor of New York City; however, the former governor lost to Mamdani by 8.8 percentage points.
