Trump warns Mamdani after fiery speech, Trump’s wild excuse why Republicans lost
Donald Trump has slammed the “dangerous” remarks made by New York’s new mayor during his victory speech. Follow our live coverage.
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The Democrats have scored decisive victories in a series of elections across the US which were held exactly one year after Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
The party held onto the Governorship of New Jersey and flipped the Governorship of Virginia while voters in California overwhelmingly agreed to redraw the state’s electoral map to more favour Democrats after Texas did the same to bolster Republicans.
The most notable success, however, was in New York City where Zohran Mamdani, who was the official Democrat candidate but labels himself as a “Democratic Socialist,” will be the new mayor.
Even Mr Trump seemed to acknowledge the scale of the losses, saying: “I don’t think it was good for Republicans”.
But he also insisted the failure was because “Trump wasn’t on the ballot” despite him leading the party.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has appeared sceptical of the White House’s arguments that President Trump has the power he think he has to levy tariffs. It will rule on whether Mr Trump’s widespread use of tariffs without Congress’ approval is legal. And they seem sceptical as to the government’s arguments.
Also, Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia looks into resuming nuclear testing if indeed the US does the same.
Read on for more US updates from Thursdsay, Australia time.
Originally published as Trump warns Mamdani after fiery speech, Trump’s wild excuse why Republicans lost
