In a fiery critique delivered on Tuesday night, Donald Trump took aim at fellow Republicans, chiding them for not sufficiently promoting his agenda during the 2025 campaign season. He warned that failing to do so could lead the United States down a precarious path towards communist rule, should more progressives be elected. While analyzing the recent election outcomes, Trump offered strategic advice to enhance Republican election victories. Although he largely avoided mentioning specific winners and losers, he did briefly refer to New York City’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, particularly when addressing the issue of men competing in women’s sports.

“These people are crazy,” Trump declared during a business forum in Florida on Wednesday. He specifically targeted Mamdani, saying, “Mamdani – whatever the hell his name is in New York – he thinks it’s wonderful to have men playing in women’s sports.” He went on to express skepticism about Mamdani’s leadership, adding, “Now let’s see how a communist does in New York – we’re going to see how that works out. And we’ll help them… we want New York to be successful. We’ll help them – a little bit, maybe.” Trump also critiqued the Republican Party’s selection of candidates for various local offices, suggesting they could have made better choices.

Trump urged Republicans to more vocally highlight their achievements compared to the Democrats as a strategy to secure electoral success. He painted a grim picture of the potential consequences of Mamdani’s policies, predicting a descent into communism. Nevertheless, Trump reassured his audience at the American Business Forum in Miami, Florida, stating, “As long as I’m in the White House, the United States is not going communist in any way, shape, or form.”

‘We’re going to stop it – stop this nonsense,’ he insisted. Trump admitted earlier on Wednesday the government shutdown contributed to Republicans losing out in Tuesday night’s election. GOP senators were still licking their wounds from Tuesday night’s results as they gathered at the White House on Wednesday morning for breakfast with Trump and some of his cabinet members. The president insisted that the latest results are ‘not good for anybody’ in the country.

During those remarks he did not mention any specific race and was noticeably silent about Democratic Socialist Mamdani winning his mayoral race. ‘I thought we’d have a discussion after the press leaves about what last night represented and what we should do about it,’ Trump said during remarks at the top of the breakfast. He also said they would talk about the shutdown ‘and how that relates to last night’. ‘I think if you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor – negative for the Republicans,’ the president added.

Speaking about rising employment rates at his remarks in Miami later on Wednesday, Trump said it’s ‘real easy to win election’ when you tell Americans how great you are and ‘talk about the facts.’ ‘More people working – these are things you have to talk about,’ the president said as he touted the rising employment rate. ‘It doesn’t just happen – you’ve got to tell them.’

‘It’s wonderful to do them, but if people don’t talk about them then you can do not so well in elections,’ he added. Trump cautioned Americans against allowing more progressives to get elected, claiming that Democrats in Congress agree with Mamdani’s radical agenda. ‘Remember I said we will never have a socialist elected to any post in our country?… We skipped socialist and we put in a communist instead,’ Trump claimed. ‘That didn’t work out too well.’

‘But as I’ve warned for many years our opponents are hellbent on turning America into a communist Cuba or a socialist Venezuela – and you see what happened to those countries,’ he continued. Trump said that Miami, the city where he was speaking on Wednesday, would soon be a ‘refuge for those fleeing communism in New York City.’ ‘I hope it works out for New York. I love New York,’ Trump said of his hometown.