President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the American Business Forum at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Nov. 5, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
On Tuesday, Republicans lost several major races, including gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as the mayoral race in New York City. While Trump backed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mayor over Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, he still made the jab at Republicans generally.
"One year ago, we were a dead country. Now we're a country that's considered [one of] the hottest countries anywhere in the world," Trump said, crediting his administration with getting 600,000 Americans off of food stamps and creating jobs for 1.9 million Americans. He highlighted the supposed increase in jobs, saying that nearly two million more Americans were employed than when he entered office less than a year ago.
Zohran Mamdani delivers a victory speech at a mayoral election night watch party, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York City. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
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"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 crowd in Miami on Wednesday.
Republicans have largely blamed the lapse in SNAP benefits on Democrats as the parties battle it out in D.C. amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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