Addressing the America Business Forum Miami in Florida on Wednesday, a day after Mamdani, an Indian-origin Democratic socialist, was elected as New York City's first Muslim and South Asian mayor, Trump said when he was elected to his second term in office on November 5 last year, the American people had "restored" their sovereignty but "lost a little bit" of it with the mayoral election on Tuesday
"But we will take care of it. Don't worry about it," he said, warning, "you watch what happens in New York, terrible... I hope it doesn't happen, but you're going to see it"
"...and Mandami, whatever the hell his name is in New York... thinks it's wonderful to have men playing in women's sports," Trump said, drawing boos and jeers from the audience
Trump, who had earlier warned that Mamdani's victory would bring a "complete and total economic and social disaster" to New York City, accused Democrats of installing a communist in the largest US city
"If you want to see what Congressional Democrats wish to do to America, just look at the result of yesterday's election in New York, where their party installed a communist as the mayor of the largest city in the nation," he said
The US president said after Tuesday's results, "the decision facing all Americans could not be more clear. We have a choice between communism and common sense. Does that make sense to you? Common sense? It's common sense or communism"
"Our opponents are offering an economic nightmare. We're delivering an economic miracle," Trump said, adding that while he used to warn against electing socialists, "we skipped socialist and put in a communist instead"
The Republican leader said his opponents are hell bent on turning America into a communist Cuba, socialist Venezuela, and "you see what happened to those places"
Cautioning that Democrats have become "so extreme", Trump quipped that Miami could soon become a "refuge" for those fleeing communism in New York City
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