If Democrats were hoping that the Trump Administration was going to overlook their recent shift towards “democratic socialist” candidates for political office, they should probably rethink their strategy. Federal dollars and favors are unlikely to flow forth from Washington DC into the pockets of Zohran Mamdani in NYC or Katie Wilson in Seattle.
The two newly elected mayors are perhaps more openly Marxist in their policies than any US politician in recent memory. While Mamdani has garnered most of the limelight and media attention over the past year, Wilson has not escaped the notice of Donald Trump. Her political ideas might be even more unhinged than Mamdani’s.
SOCIALISM: Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson promises a full socialist smorgasbord, calling for guaranteed housing, universal child care, free K-8 summer care, social housing, and shifting land and wealth from corporations to community control. pic.twitter.com/GvmqFn8Yn2
— @amuse (@amuse) November 14, 2025
Trump has recently touched on the prospect of moving the World Cup, set to take place in Seattle in 2026, out of the city. He referred to Wilson as “another beauty” and a “very, very liberal-slash-communist mayor.” The World Cup is projected to bring in up to $4 billion in tourist cash to Seattle and add a much needed boost to the struggling city’s economy.
seattle can go to Hell, cancel the olympics there.
I agree! Cancel it in Seattle.