Just moments after Zohran Mamdani won his battle to become the next mayor of New York City, the rising political star zeroed in on his next fight: taking on the president of the United States.
In his victory speech on Tuesday, Mamdani turned to the cameras to directly taunt the president: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up," he said.
Minutes later, Trump responded on his social media site Truth Social: "…AND SO IT BEGINS!"
Ever since Mamdani won the Democratic primary in June, President Donald Trump has decried the 34-year-old as the "communist" future of the Democratic Party.
In the lead up to the mayoral election, Trump endorsed Andrew Cuomo - a former Democrat governor who was running as an independent - and told New Yorkers that if they chose Mamdani, he would cut funding to the city.
