There goes New York City.
Following his election victory on Tuesday night, the newly elected mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani called out President Trump in his victory speech.
Mamdani while speaking to his supporters shared New York City showed the world how to defeat the next rise of a Donald Trump figure.
He later added he has only four words for Trump which were “Turn the volume up.”
USA Today provided more details on Mamdani’s victory speech that contained jabs at President trump:
Zohran Mamdani dared President Donald Trump to keep going after him in a combative speech after his Nov. 4 New York City mayoral election victory.
Mamdani, the subject of months of attacks from the president, called Trump out by name as the democratic socialist hailed a “mandate for change” with his victory.
“If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him,” Mamdani, 34, said. “And if there is any way to defeat a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.”
He added: “This is not only how we stop Trump ‒ it’s how we stop the next one. So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.”
Watch here:
Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up." pic.twitter.com/AOFUquvYBQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 5, 2025
More from his victory speech:
He thanks everyone but Americans. It's all third-world immigrants.
And this is what it's always been about. Replacing Americans with foreigners who will become a loyal voter base for Democrats.
If mass immigration is not taken care of, Republicans will continue to lose. https://t.co/bxKHDBQ7JS
— Kangmin Lee | 이강민 (@kangminjlee) November 5, 2025
News 18 covered President Trump’s four word response to Mamdani:
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired back at newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, with a terse post on Truth Social.
On his official handle, Trump wrote, “And so it begins!”, hours after Mamdani, the 34-year-old Democrat, used his victory speech to directly challenge the President.
Mamdani, addressing his supporters, had said, “Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up!”
The exchange marks the opening salvo in what is expected to be a high-stakes political clash between the mayor and the Republican President.
Mamdani has pledged to make countering Trump’s immigration policies and “authoritarian tendencies” central to his administration, while Trump has already warned of potential federal funding cuts to the city under Mamdani’s leadership.


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