Mamdani Says He Won't Mince Words When It Comes to Trump

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00:00The lesson for the president is that it's not enough to diagnose the crisis in working class

00:04Americans' lives. You have to deliver on addressing that crisis. This is a president

00:08who ran a campaign on the promise of cheaper groceries and now, as was said by one of our

00:13co-chairs, has gone so far as to cut snap benefits for close to two million New Yorkers.

00:18Someone who is literally making it harder to afford those same groceries whose price he was

00:22decrying not that long ago. And what scares Republicans across the country is the fact that

00:29we will actually deliver on this agenda. And the contrast is something that they cannot bear to

00:34witness. The White House hasn't reached out to congratulate me. I continue to be interested in

00:41having a conversation with President Trump on the ways in which we can work together to serve New

00:45Yorkers, whether that be delivering on his campaign promises around cost of living or the many issues

00:51that New Yorkers have been sharing with me about the drastic impacts that the legislation that

00:57President Trump has ushered through Washington will mean for them and their lives. I will not mince my

01:01words when it comes to President Trump. I will continue to describe his actions as they are.

01:06And I will also always do so by leave while leaving a door open to have that conversation,

01:12because it cannot be understood as if it is an argument between two individuals.

01:17I am looking to lead this entire city and everything that I do must be to the benefit of this city.

01:23And I look forward to delivering for that same city. When President Trump wants to do something

01:26that will benefit this city, I will be there to say as much. But if he is looking to persecute or

01:32prosecute or punish the people of the city by virtue of who they are or where they live or where they

01:37came from, then I will fight him on that. I think too often we have had a style of leadership that seeks

01:43to put oneself before the people that you're looking to serve. And my city hall will do the opposite.