Smackdown 2025: Mamdani vs. Trump
Kevin McCullough
5–6 minutes
If you were looking for a political fight that perfectly encapsulates the chasm between common sense and certifiable lunacy, look no further than Trump vs. Mamdani—the smackdown that wasn’t even close.
Zohran Mamdani, the accidental mayoral nominee for New York City, is what happens when TikTok activism metastasizes into real-world governance. A proud card-carrying socialist, Mamdani has spent years advocating for ideas so disastrous that they come with their own body counts in actual history. This is a man who has flirted openly with abolishing private property, taxing neighborhoods based on skin color, and—most infamously—“globalizing the intifada.” Yes, you heard that correctly: promoting an ideology soaked in antisemitic violence, packaged neatly in the language of “progress.”
Naturally, the media portrays him as just a quirky progressive with big ideas. But the grown-ups in the room—the ones who remember that ideas like his have ended in gulags, breadlines, and mass graves—aren’t having it. Chief among them? President Donald J. Trump.
The contrast could not be sharper. As Trump rolls out the most pro-American immigration reform in modern history—backed by the wildly successful Big Beautiful Bill—Mamdani is pledging to nullify federal immigration law from the perch of a city mayor’s office. Trump is securing the border. Mamdani wants to abolish it. Trump is building the economy. Mamdani wants to “seize the means of production.” Trump champions law enforcement. Mamdani calls to dismantle it.
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