Watch Joy Reid compare the socialist NYC mayoral nominee to Trump

When it comes to making baseless arguments and ignorant hot takes, Joy Reid never fails to deliver.

The fired MSNBC host was schooled on CNN for celebrating presumptive Democrat mayoral nominee Zoharan Mamdani’s primary win in New York City. Mamdani is a radical socialist who recently condemned President Trump’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites.

Fellow CNN guest Arthur Aidala explained how the nomination of Mamdani would be disastrous for NYC, calling out the 33-year-old for having “zero experience.”

That claim was too much for Reid, who was making faces the whole time Aidala was speaking, and compared Mamdani’s inexperience to President Trump, who apparently only has working on “The Apprentice” under his professional belt.

“Sorry!” Reid interjected. “Donald Trump is President of the United States; his experience was being on ‘The Apprentice.’”

No really. Watch:

THIS AIN’T MSNBC: Joy Reid demands that Arthur Aidala explain exactly how a Mamdani mayoralty would devolve NYC to the bad old days of the 70s. Arthur Aidala obliges. pic.twitter.com/vpMWpyyrq9

— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 25, 2025

But the fun didn’t end there. When Reid’s comparison wouldn’t hold water, she challenged Aidala to explain how Mandani’s policies would bring NYC back to the disastrous 1970s. So, he did.

It was entertaining to watch Reid try and maintain her smug facial expressions as she was being schooled in real time, and X users had a good time with it too:

Apparently @Joyannreid needs just a few more months off to “get it together”.

Of all the people @CNN could have join @abbydphillip’s show, it’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel to bring on Joy. Maybe tomorrow night they’ll have on @KeithOlbermann.

— Jay Town (@JayTownAlabama) June 25, 2025

One can only hope!

Reid’s argument in this clip is literally, “Donald Trump wasn’t qualified to be president, and that was really bad, so let’s elect an unqualified mayor of New York!”

— Carrie Lukas (@carrielukas) June 25, 2025

This little clip shows just how far out of her league Joy Reid is when surrounded by people who actually know what they are talking about. All she’s got, all she ever had was “But Donald Trump…”

— x (@LAGatorGal) June 25, 2025

This is what he’s going to do. Pro-criminal policies top to bottom. Protections and kids gloves for criminals of all types. NYC has fallen pic.twitter.com/sWZkJZh4RX

— Blake K (@EverythingWVU) June 25, 2025

What could go wrong? Yikes!

The people who think Trump’s only experience was The Apprentice….so clueless. I mean most are just pretending not to know, but Reid is pretty dumb.

— Missy (@mirandamelendy) June 25, 2025

I was there. I remember. The money left NYC and it was in the verge of bankruptcy. Garbage everywhere. Crime everywhere. Graffiti everywhere. Empty buildings and drug addicts everywhere. As always, those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it.

— heretical lakeloon (@loonlake55) June 25, 2025

Hahahahaha Joy Reid deer in the heads lights look when confronted with logic and common sense. She has no clue what the guy is even talking about, not a clue. Her and @JasmineForUS have to be besties, combined IQ of 49.

— Jessie Houser (@sonicjessie) June 25, 2025

As a matter of fact, Reid is a BIG fan of Jasmine Crockett and claims to be contemplating leaving the Democratic Party because Crockett is being denied a leadership role within the party.

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