New York: US President Donald Trump has termed New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's victory speech on election night a "very angry" address, saying he is off to a bad start and doesn't have a chance of succeeding if he is not respectful of Washington.

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"Yeah, I thought it was a very angry speech, certainly angry toward me, and I think he should be very nice to me. You know, I'm the one that sort of has to approve a lot of things coming to him. So he's off to a bad start," Trump said in an interview to Fox News in Miami on Wednesday when asked about Mamdani's victory speech.

In his fiery address, Mamdani challenged Trump and heralded the toppling of "political dynasty". Read Also US President Donald Trump Claims He Averted India-Pakistan Wa

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