11/08/2025
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t known for mincing words and his comments on New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, were no exception.
“Mamdani is a charismatic swindler,” Musk claimed in a recent appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast (1). “I mean, you gotta hand it to him — he can light up a stage, but he has just been a swindler his entire life.”
Musk predicted that Mamdani was “likely to win” the New York mayoral race — and he was right. A few days later, the 34-year-old democratic socialist defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo, becoming the first Muslim and first South Asian to serve as New York City’s mayor.
But Musk is far from optimistic about Mamdani’s agenda.
“If Mamdani’s policies are put into place, especially at scale, it would be a catastrophic decline in living standards — not just for the rich, but for everyone, as has been the case with every socialist experiment,” Musk warned.
Western Economists have noted that highly centralized socialist systems — as seen historically in the Soviet Union and other centrally-planned economies — often led to stagnating or declining living standards, chronic shortages and inefficiencies (2).
One of Mamdani’s proposals is to create a network of city-owned grocery stores, designed to keep prices low rather than turn a profit (3). The stores would buy and sell at wholesale prices, be exempt from rent and property taxes and pass savings on to shoppers.
Musk dismissed the idea outright, highlighting what he sees as inherent government inefficiency.
“The government is the DMV at scale. Do you want the DMV running your supermarket?” He asked. “Was your last experience at the DMV amazing? And if it wasn’t, you probably don’t want the government doing things.”
While Mamdani identifies as a democratic socialist, Musk framed his critique in stark terms, likening potential policies to communism:
“The problem with communism is its universal low income,” he said. “I mean the thing about communism is it was all breadlines and bad shoes. Do you want ugly shoes and breadlines? Because that’s what communism gets you.”
Musk isn’t the only billionaire voicing concern. Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel, said he is praying for New Yorkers:
“For the people of New York, I pray that the policies Mamdani uses to govern and lead New York are different than the talking points he used to win the mayoral race,” Griffin said (4). ”The people of New York deserve better.”
That said, not all wealthy figures are worried. Alex Soros, son of George Soros and chair of the $25 billion Open Society Foundations, posted a photo on X standing beside Mamdani, writing: “So proud to be a New Yorker! The American dream continues! Congrats, Mayor @ZohranKMamdani” (5).
If Musk’s warnings have you wondering what the future might hold, you’re not alone. While political shifts inevitably bring uncertainty, there are strategies you can use to protect yourself, hedge against potential economic changes and stay ahead of the curve.
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How does the above sound legal – Como ran and lost as a Democrat in the primary and then ran as an independent in the final election which split the votes? Is that legal? The purpose of the primary is to bring the vote down to two people?
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11/07/2025
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Elon Musk’s Brain Crashes When Asked Why He Thinks Zohran Mamdani Is a Liar
Noted deep thinker Elon Musk suffered a cerebral blue screen of death when he was asked to explain why he thought Zohran Mamdani was a liar.
On an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience uploaded days before Mumdani’s victory, Musk launched into a snippy rant about the newly elected mayor of New York City after complaining about the glowing press coverage he received. In Musk’s view, Mamdani was nothing more than a “charismatic swindler.”
“You got to hand it to him, he does — he can light up a stage,” Musk said of Mamdani. “But he’s just been a swindler his entire life.”
But after a lengthy aside on the evils of socialism, the centibillionaire’s gloating got derailed when Rogan sucker-punched Musk with a tough question: what has Mamdani actually done that makes him a swindler?
“Ummm,” Musk ponders, before stuttering into a series of words seemingly intended as an answer. “Well I guess if you say — uh, what, I mean, if you say, if you say to any audience whatever that audience wants to hear, uh, instead of, what, instead of having a consistent message, I would say that is a swindling thing to do.”
“Umm, and uhh, yeah,” he adds, nodding his head. “Umm…”
He takes a sagacious pause.
“Yeah,” he finishes.
Mamdani won the election for New York City mayor on Tuesday, beating his opponents, Democrat-castoff-turned-independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican eccentric Curtis Sliwa, by a landslide. He catalyzed voters by cultivating an authentic persona and keeping a consistent message on affordability, promising housing reform and an increased minimum wage.Related video: Andrew Ross Sorkin discusses his Elon Musk interview (Boardroom – Video)
Andrew Ross Sorkin discusses his Elon Musk interview
An ultrawealthy business tycoon like Musk would obviously have a lot of negative things to say about Mamdani’s proposed policies, but it’s odd that he’s accused Mamdani of not having a “consistent message,” since his clear messaging formed the bedrock of his successful campaign.
Of course, we’re generously assuming Musk was fielding a sincere critique and not just grasping at straws. It’s plain to see that he couldn’t cite any real examples of Mamdani’s career “swindling,” and instead BSed his way into something he hoped sounded profound instead. Life’s tough when you can’t ask Grok for all the answers.
In any case, Musk hasn’t been taking Mamdani’s victory well. On his website X, formerly Twitter, he promptly began laying the groundwork for a conspiracy theory arguing that the mayor-elect’s victory was fraudulent.
“The New York City ballot form is a scam!” Musk wrote in a tweet with a photo of a ballot, listing what he saw as suspicious flaws that are in reality standard ballot features.
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