The incoming mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani is good at making bold promises, and he does it with the warm smile and self-confidence of a cunning salesman. The man knows what people want.
He lost none of that confidence last night in his victory speech, promising a “new kind of politics,” “a city that we can afford” and “a government that will deliver exactly that.”
One would think that after making the sale and winning the election, Mamdani might have gone humble and planted the seed for a road back to reality. Instead, he doubled down on promising the moon.
He’s in for a rude awakening.
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