Trump reacted to the results of the November off-year elections Wednesday on “Special Report with Bret Baier.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Republicans Jack Ciattarelli and Winsome Earle-Sears fell short in closely-watched gubernatorial races to Democrats Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger in New Jersey and Virginia, respectively. In New York City, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani<\/a> was elected mayor.<\/p>\n The president revealed he thought New Jersey would do better but did not express surprise at the results of the Virginia and New York races.<\/p>\n TRUMP BACKS CUOMO AND THREATENS TO CUT FEDERAL FUNDING IF ‘COMMUNIST MAMDANI’ WINS NYC MAYOR RACE<\/a><\/p>\n “I thought New Jersey would do a little bit better than that,” Trump said. “The Cuomo situation<\/a>, it’s just, he had too many things against him. He had a lot of things against them. Curtis Sliwa tried very hard, but, you know, he’s been there before. So, it was a pretty open shot that Mamdani had.”<\/p>\n Trump said he would like for Mamdani to “do well” because he loves New York but cautioned the new mayor should be “respectful” of Washington, slamming his alleged embrace of communism.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump gestures after delivering remarks during the America Business Forum at the Kaseya Center Nov. 5, 2025, in Miami, Fla.\u00a0 (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n “Look, for a thousand years, communism has not worked,” Trump said. “It’s just communism, or the concept of communism, has not worked. I tend to doubt it’s going to work this time. \u2026 It’s literally never worked.”<\/p>\n The commander in chief, who told reporters pollsters believed the shutdown was a “big factor” in the results, called out “radicalized” Democrats for creating a situation that has “never happened before” in the United States’ longest-ever government shutdown.<\/p>\n “They [Democrats] always extend the deadline in past shutdowns,” he told anchor Bret Baier. “You know, an extension is very easy. It’s done all the time. You extend, sometimes you extend four or five times. I mean they just \u2026 become radical, radicalized lunatics actually in a true sense. They should automatically extend, and we will make a deal as soon as they do. As soon as they do, we’ll make a deal.”<\/p>\n TRUMP REVEALS NEW NICKNAME FOR MAMDANI WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION DAY<\/a><\/p>\n Trump said he’d “love” to work with Democrats to fix healthcare<\/a> and expressed a desire to “move forward.”<\/p>\n “We ought to work on healthcare together because Obamacare has been a disaster<\/a>. It’s going to get a big increase, but Obamacare is not great health care, and it’s very expensive. I’d love to work with them to fix it.”<\/p>\n![\"President](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762395788_624_trump-business-us.jpg\")
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