During remarks at the America Business Forum in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, President Donald Trump appeared to criticize fellow Republicans for their recent election losses, suggesting that their failure to emphasize accomplishments cost them votes.
After recounting several of his administration’s achievements, Trump remarked that it’s “so easy to win elections when you talk about the facts.”
“Almost 2 million American-born workers are employed today — more than when I took office, that’s nine months ago. Can you imagine?” he said. “And I tell Republicans, if you want to win elections, you gotta talk about these facts. You know, it’s so easy to win elections when you talk about the facts.”
He went on to say, “These are things you have to talk about. It doesn’t just happen — you’ve got to tell them. It’s wonderful to do them, but if people don’t talk about them, then you can do not so well in elections.”
On Tuesday, Republicans lost several key races, including gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia and the New York City mayoral race. Although Trump backed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mayor over Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, he still took a shot at the party’s overall performance.
“One year ago, we were a dead country. Now we’re a country that’s considered one of the hottest anywhere in the world,” Trump said, attributing the nation’s turnaround to his administration. He claimed credit for getting 600,000 Americans off food stamps and creating jobs for 1.9 million people, emphasizing that nearly 2 million more Americans are employed now than when he entered office.
Meanwhile, New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, offered a contrasting view earlier Wednesday during an appearance on Good Morning America. Mamdani argued that, unlike Trump, he intends to address the “cost of living crisis” affecting working Americans.
He added that Trump “ran an entire presidential campaign on the promise of cheaper groceries and is now, as the president, making it harder for Americans to afford those groceries by cutting SNAP benefits.”
Marking the anniversary of his second presidential victory, Trump also took aim at Mamdani. “We lost a little bit of sovereignty last night in New York, but we’ll take care of that. Don’t worry about it,” he told the Miami audience.
Republicans have continued to blame Democrats for lapses in SNAP benefits as the two parties remain locked in a standoff during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
