New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used a speech marking America's 250th anniversary of independence to deliver a pointed critique of wealth inequality, with a thinly veiled reference to Elon Musk arriving just days after the tech billionaire lost his newly acquired trillionaire status in a dramatic stock market reversal.
Speaking on 3 July from behind the wooden desk once used by George Washington, now housed at City Hall in Lower Manhattan, Mamdani delivered a sweeping address to newly naturalised American citizens that moved from the Revolutionary War to the present day before arriving at its sharpest moment.
