The Coming Mamdani/Trump Conflict
Published at 08:26 on 30 September 2025
This assumes Mamdani wins the NYC mayoral election, but odds are he will, assuming he isn’t killed, jailed, or exiled first (and the latter are not out of the question).
But assume for sake of argument he wins, and is inaugurated. The standard advice is that he was elected mayor, not to any national office, so he should focus on governing NYC (a hard enough job as it is) and stay out of national politics. And, in normal times, that would be solid counsel.
The rub is, it doesn’t matter. I really doubt that Trump will allow Mamdani that luxury. In fact, surprise, surprise, Trump has already announced he’s not planning to.
It is inevitable that there will be a clash between the two. They’re just too different for it to not happen.