President Donald Trump attacked the winner of the New York City mayoral primary race on Tuesday, claiming that he is a "communist."
The young left-wing candidate, Zohran Mamdani, identifies as a democratic socialist, a label that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has also adopted.
Speaking to the press from the White House briefing room on Friday, Trump was set to address the recent Supreme Court decision that severely restricted a federal court's ability to issue a nationwide injunction over some of his executive orders. The injunctions have effectively allowed the Trump-passed laws to take effect without the cases being litigated.
However, his comments quickly turned to ramble about a number of topics, from tariffs to immigration, the 2020 election, attacks on former President Joe Biden, and the mayoral campaign in New York City.
Trump said that Texas Instruments "came in the other day" and celebrated his tariffs.
Trump said: "Big company. And he said, we're putting in $60 billion into new plants and new equipment, new everything. Sir, you're going to keep the tariffs, aren't you? Because if I ever took the tariffs off — and we are going to absolutely keep it, and they're worried that somebody, like this Communist from New York — someday gets elected. I can't believe that's happening. That's a terrible thing for our country — by the way. He's a communist. We're going to go to a communist — that's so bad for New York. But the rest of the country is revolting against it. But if somebody got elected, they're afraid that if this was taken off, well, we're going to guarantee it's never going to be taken off. And again, we're taking in hundreds — think of this — hundreds of billions of dollars. And they were all confused because they'd never seen this before."
If Mamdani is elected in the final vote, he will become the mayor of New York City, not the governor of New York. As a local official, he won't be able to change state or federal laws, including Trump's tariffs.
Socialist and communist ideologies differ considerably, as one investment site explained in a write-up on the economic systems of each.
Texas Instruments' $60 billion investment was first announced during President Joe Biden's administration and as a result of the CHIPS and Science bill, Reuters reported earlier this month.
"In December, the Biden administration finalized a $1.61 billion government subsidy for Texas Instruments to support construction of three new facilities after the company announced plans..." the report continued.
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