Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Will Mamdani be the next big thing or the next big disappointment?

I think I am more interested in seeing how Zoran Mamdani goes than any other Democrat that I can remember in a very, very, very long time, because I genuinely am not sure if this is gonna go brilliantly for him. And he's the next big thing, or he's the next big disappointment, because there is no way, is there? Like, no way at all he's gonna be able to do everything that he's promised. I mean, he might be able to do a rent freeze in New York City. Sure, that's an easy thing to do. That's a stroke of a pen. Off you go. But it might backfire. Like it might lead to fewer housing units being added, which ultimately makes the problem worse.

He can pick something else to do. He could do free childcare, hugely expensive. He could add a 2% tax on incomes over $1 million, but he may find those incomes start disappearing from his city. Either way, he's gonna have to pick some of his pet projects and go with just a few of them, because doing absolutely everything is just not gonna happen. And that's gonna lead to disappointment surely for the voters who truly believe he can do all these things.

My gut though says that the disappointment will not be great, because if there's one thing we learned from Donald Trump, it's that breaking promises doesn't actually really matter that much if you represent something to voters. Donald Trump represented the anti-establishment, so people stuck with him even when he broke his promises. Mamdani represents the anti-Trump, so I think people will stick with him even if he breaks his promises.

I actually suspect, by the way, that this is going to be very good for Donald Trump. I think he's going to love having Mamdani around because he will be able to use everything that Mamdani does to berate him and the Democrats. Every time a promise is broken, he's going to, because Mamdani is the opposite of him, right? So Mamdani just becomes the bad guy in all of his stories from here on and he pumps himself up. 

However this goes for Mamdani, I think we can all agree this is now turning into a must-see show.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now I think I am more interested in seeing how
Zoran Mandarmi goes than any other Democrat that I can
remember in a very very very long time, because I
genuinely am not sure if this is going to go
brilliantly for him and he's the next big thing, or
he's the next big disappointment, because there is no way,
is there, like no way at all he's going to
be able to do everything that he's promised. I mean,

(00:20):
he might be able to do a rent freeze in
New York City. Sure, that's an easy thing to do
as a stroke of a pen off you go, but
might backfire, like it might lead to fewer housing units
being added, which ultimately makes the problem worse. He can
pick something else to do. He could do free childcare,
hugely expensive. He could add a two percent tax on

(00:40):
incomes over one million dollars, but he may find those
incomes start disappearing from his city. Either way, he's going
to have to pick some of his pet projects and
go with just a few of them because doing absolutely
everything is just not going to happen, and that's going
to lead to disappointment, surely for the voters who truly
believe he can do all these things. My gut, though,
says that the disappointment will not be great because if
there's one thing we learn from Donald Trump, it's that

(01:02):
breaking promises doesn't actually really matter that much if you
represent something to voters. Donald Trump represented the anti establishment,
so people stuck with him even when he broke his promises.
Mamdani represents the anti Trump, so I think people will
stick with him even if he breaks his promises. I
actually suspect, by the way, that this is going to
be very good for Donald Trump. I think he's going

(01:25):
to love having Mandarmi around because he will be able
to use everything that Mam Darmi does to berate him
and the Democrats. Every time a promise is broken, He's
going to because because Mamdaney is the opposite of him, right, So,
ma'm Danney just becomes the bad guy in all of
his stories from here on, and he pumps himself up.
However this goes for Mam Darmi. I think we can
all agree this is now turning into a must see show.

(01:46):
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