{"id":2507268,"date":"2025-11-05T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-mamdani-off-to-a-bad-start-after-angry-victory-speech\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T20:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:22:31","slug":"trump-says-mamdani-off-to-a-bad-start-after-angry-victory-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-mamdani-off-to-a-bad-start-after-angry-victory-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Mamdani &#8216;off to a bad start&#8217; after &#8216;angry&#8217; victory speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-mamdani-off-to-a-bad-start-after-angry-victory-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2507268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>former president Donald Trump expressed mixed feelings about New York city&#8217;s new Mayor-elect zohran Mamdani, whom he criticized following Mamdani&#8217;s victory speech. trump, who had strongly opposed Mamdani during the mayoral race and endorsed Andrew Cuomo in a last-ditch effort to prevent mamdani-the city&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-fdny-commissioner-to-resign-after-mamdani-wins-election\/\" title=\"Jewish FDNY commissioner to resign after Mamdani wins election\">socialist mayor-<\/a>from winning, stated that Mamdani was &#8220;off to a bad start&#8221; and described his victory speech as &#8220;angry,&#8221; even calling Mamdani&#8217;s direct challenge to him &#8220;dangerous.&#8221; Despite his criticisms, Trump said he hopes mamdani and New York City succeed. He also reflected on recent Republican election losses, suggesting that the party needs to improve its messaging on economic issues like affordability to connect better with voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Mamdani &lsquo;off to a bad start&rsquo; after &lsquo;angry&rsquo; victory speech<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2393667\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he wished the best for his home of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a> but that Mayor-elect <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> was off to a bad start.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had pushed against Mamdani hard during the mayoral election, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3873610\/trump-cuomo-endorsement-nyc-mayor-mamdani\/\">giving a last-minute endorsement<\/a> to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a last desperate attempt to prevent his home city from electing its first socialist mayor. After Mamdani swept his competition on Tuesday, Trump adopted a pessimistic view toward the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3876974\/trump-commerce-chief-warns-market-confusion-court-strikes-down-tariffs\/\">Trump&rsquo;s former Commerce chief warns of market &#8216;confusion&#8217; if court strikes down tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3876670\/miami-mayor-gifts-trump-key-to-the-city\/\">Miami mayor gifts Trump key to the city<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3875915\/trump-filibuster-speech-election-senate-end-shutdown\/\">Trump&nbsp;concedes GOP had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beautiful-joy-reid-melts-down-on-msnbc-as-it-becomes-clear-trump-will-win\/\" title=\"Beautiful: Joy Reid Melts Down on MSNBC As it Becomes Clear ... Will Win\">bad election night<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >demands senators turn page<\/a>, nuke filibuster, and end shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so torn because I would like&nbsp;to see the new mayor do well&nbsp;because I love New York.&nbsp;I really love New York.&nbsp;When I left New York for&nbsp;Washington, New York was doing&nbsp;really well, but there were some&nbsp;bad signs,&rdquo; he told host Bret Baier in an interview with Fox News, going on to bash former Mayor Bill de Blasio, but saying Mamdani is worse.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, for a thousand years,&nbsp;communism has not worked.&nbsp;Communism, or the concept of&nbsp;communism, has not worked.&nbsp;I tend to doubt it will work&nbsp;this time,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Mamdani&rsquo;s victory speech, Trump gave a scathing review.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thought it&nbsp;was a very angry speech.&nbsp;Certainly angry toward me, and I&nbsp;think he should be nice to me.&nbsp;I&rsquo;m sort of the one that has to&nbsp;approve a lot of things coming&nbsp;to him, so he&rsquo;s off to a bad&nbsp;start,&rdquo; the president said.<\/p>\n<p>After Baier showed a clip of the speech, in which Mamdani taunted the president, addressing him directly and saying, &ldquo;To get to any&nbsp;of us, you will have to get&nbsp;through all of us,&rdquo; Trump said he was acting dangerously.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very&nbsp;dangerous statement for him to&nbsp;make, actually.&nbsp;You talk about danger; I think it&rsquo;s a very dangerous&nbsp;statement for him to make.&nbsp;He has to be a little bit&nbsp;respectful of Washington.&nbsp;Because if he&rsquo;s not, he doesn&rsquo;t&nbsp;have a chance of succeeding.&nbsp;And I want to make him succeed.&nbsp;I want to make the city succeed,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding direct talks between the two, Trump said it would be more &ldquo;appropriate&rdquo; if Mamdani reached out first.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Trump also gave a sober analysis of the Republican losses suffered during Tuesday&rsquo;s elections. In contrast to his rhetoric after the results were announced, dismissing them as simply due to his absence from the ballot, the president adopted a sober tone on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly humbled, Trump said that Republicans had to do a better job with messaging, particularly on affordability and the economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3875585\/voters-send-trump-course-correction-message\/\">EDITORIAL:<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3875585\/voters-send-trump-course-correction-message\/\">VOTERS SEND TRUMP A COURSE CORRECTION MESSAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The country is&nbsp;doing very well, but as&nbsp;Republicans, you have to talk&nbsp;about it because if you don&rsquo;t&nbsp;talk about it &hellip; I saw [the Democrats] kept&nbsp;talking about affordability.&nbsp;Biden was a disaster with&nbsp;affordability.&nbsp;He had the highest inflation&nbsp;rate in the history of the&nbsp;country, but you have to talk&nbsp;about it.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s no good if we do a great&nbsp;job and you don&rsquo;t talk about it,&nbsp;and I don&rsquo;t think they talk&nbsp;about it enough,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a Republican, you have to let people know,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says Mamdani &#8216;off to a bad start&#8217; after angry victory speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2507269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-5ms9klyxt-1762389442824-e1762390571725.jpg?1762371511&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56552,3634,66511],"class_list":["post-2507268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mamdani","tag-trump","tag-victory-speech"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-5ms9klyxt-1762389442824-e1762390571725.jpg?1762371511&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507272,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507268\/revisions\/2507272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}