STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump turned his attention to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday (November 5), calling him a "Communist" during a business forum in Miami, Florida.

Trump was headlining the America Business Forum, giving a wide-ranging speech, when he issued a warning about Mamdani. "You watch what happens in New York. Terrible. But you're going to see that same thing. I hope it doesn't happen, but you're going to see it," he said.

His criticism continued as the speech went on: "Remember I said 'We will never have a socialist elected to any post in our country.' I used to say that, and I was right. We skipped Socialist and put in a Communist instead. That didn't work out too well. But, as I've warned for many years, our opponents are hell-bent on turning America into a Communist Cuba or Socialist Venezuela. You see what happened to those places," Trump said.

Mamdani, a 34-year-old, fresh-faced state lawmaker, beat Andrew Cuomo, the state's former Democratic governor, who ran as an independent. The election pitted Mamdani's progressive stances against Cuomo, 67, and his more establishment views, as he tried to make the case for his qualifications over Mamdani's newfound influence.

Both candidates carried political baggage. Mamdani has faced scrutiny for identifying as a democratic socialist and for past remarks on Israel and the New York Police Department, while Cuomo’s 2021 resignation over sexual harassment allegations clouded his potential return.

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REGARDING NEW YORK CITY MAYOR-ELECT ZOHRAN MAMDANI DURING AMERICA BUSINESS FORUM

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1. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARRIVING TO STAGE FOR SPEECH DURING AMERICA BUSINESS FORUM

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"You're going to see the same thing in New York by the way. You watch what happens in New York. Terrible. But you're going to see that same thing. And I hope it doesn't happen, but you're going to see it."

3. GENERAL VIEW OF TRUMP SPEAKING

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING:

"If you want to see what Congressional Democrats wish to do to America, just look at the result of yesterday's election in New York where their party installed a Communist as the Mayor of the largest city in the nation. Remember I said, 'We will never have a socialist elected to any post in our country.' I used to say that, and I was right. We skipped Socialist and we put in a Communist instead. That didn't work out too well. But, as I've warned for many years, our opponents are hell-bent on turning America into a Communist Cuba or Socialist Venezuela. You see what happened to those places."

5. GENERAL VIEW OF TRUMP SPEAKING