Trump hopes that things go well for Mamdani… while warning that he will have to “escape from the communist regime in New York”

(socialist, immigrant, Muslim) as mayor of New York, the reaction that the world expected was that of the president of the United States, . The Republican had asked for the vote for his rivals, saying that, if not, the “communist” specter was coming. He had also threatened to withdraw state funding from the country’s most populous city and deploy the National Guard because of its crime levels (which are supposed to vary based on votes, too).

And Trump has spoken, Trump-style, of course. His words have been a mixture of an outstretched hand and contempt because, on the one hand, he offers to work with the Democrat to improve the city in which he was born and, on the other, he insists on raising the finger and predicting the chaos that, he says, is coming.

The US president assured tonight that Miami “will be a refuge” for those who “escape from the communist regime” in New York after the election of Mamdani as mayor, accusing the Democrats of wanting to turn the country into Cuba or Venezuela. He is hurt: on Tuesday there were more state votes than . “Now the Democrats are so extreme that Miami will soon become a refuge for those fleeing communism in New York. They flee, they flee. Where do you live? In New York, but I’m trying to leave because I don’t want to live in a communist regime,” declared the president at the America Business Forum (ABF).

Trump maintained that “the United States lost a bit of sovereignty last night in New York” with the election of Mamdani, who identifies as a socialist democrat and made history by being the first Muslim and the youngest to be elected mayor of the largest city in the country, also using the r’s. “I have warned for many years that our opponents are hell-bent on turning the United States into communist Cuba and socialist Venezuela. See what happened in those places? For generations, Miami has been a refuge for those fleeing communist tyranny,” he said.

This was Trump’s first major public event after Tuesday’s elections, in which Democrats won the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, the Mayor of New York and the vote on Proposition 50 in California to create an electoral map with five new seats for the Democratic Party. Although yesterday morning Trump acknowledged that Republicans have “learned a lot” after the Democratic victories and attributed the defeat to the government shutdown, which has now become the longest in the country’s history, in Miami he warned of the “communism” that the Democrats represent. The option “is communism or common sense,” he warned.

Incidentally, the president also blamed the opposition, which began on October 1, because he says it demands extending health insurance and public health subsidies in the budget, while Republicans refuse to negotiate. The president accused the opposition of “demanding medical health for illegal foreigners” who “barely arrived in the country from prisons and mental institutions, and drug traffickers.”

“The radical left, the Democrats, are causing millions of Americans who depend on food stamps to be without benefits. They are forcing federal employees to not have their checks and they are leaving thousands of travelers stuck in airports,” he denounced.

But back to Mandani. Trump, despite everything, explained that he is willing to talk to the new mayor of the Big Apple, but that he should contact his office first. , the president declared that it would be “more appropriate” for Mamdani to look for him first and added: “We will see what happens.” So far, Trump has not established contact with the Democrat. In comments prior to the election, when questioned about the possibility of meeting with Mamdani, Trump had indicated that he would speak with him and that he felt an obligation to maintain communication with local authorities, although he expressed surprise at the results.

“Very angry”

The president attacked Mamdani’s speech after his victory, calling it “very angry” and directed personally at him, and suggested that the new mayor should show more courtesy in his treatment, be more “respectful.” And the threats returned: Trump also recalled that he has powers over the approval of certain federal funds for the city, suggesting that any cooperation could depend on the relationship he establishes with the new municipal administration.

During his victory speech, Mamdani told the president: “Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn it up.” “If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city where he was born,” he added. He also added that people like the Republican will have to pay taxes in the city.

Already yesterday, after the first hours of euphoria, he said that he is ready to talk with President Donald Trump about “the cost of living.” “The White House hasn’t called me to congratulate me,” he joked during a news conference. “But I’m still interested in talking to President Trump,” he said. “I think the lesson for the president is that it is not enough to diagnose the crisis that the working class is experiencing. You have to address that crisis,” he added. Likewise, he insisted that he does not believe “that the National Guard should be deployed” in the city.

In his campaign, Mamdani also promised better rent controls and free buses and daycare. “What scares Republicans across the country is that we are actually going to implement this program,” he said.

The elected mayor also appointed five women to lead the transition until he takes office. Among them Lina Khan, who was head of the consumer protection agency (FTC) during the government of and New York NGO leaders Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog.