Megan Basham

as one of the people that she would like to spend an afternoon with.

So Mamdani says that he just wants people on this committee, on advising him, who have a broad array of experiences and analysis to draw from.

Yes.

So Mamdani has pledged to end this longstanding practice of clearing out homeless encampments across the city under outgoing Mayor Eric Adams.

These kinds of sweeps and cleanups were very common, a central part of maintaining what Adams called quality of life and public safety enforcement.

But Mamdani said that unless the city can deliver stable, permanent housing for

Forcing people off the streets will not accomplish anything.

Instead, he plans to shift to what he called a housing-first approach.

That includes things like providing housing through rental units, possibly housing vouchers to the homeless.

But Adams, who we need to remember is a Democrat himself, has warned that this is, quote, idealism colliding with realism.

He and other critics are warning that Mamdani's policies could very well lead to

sprawling encampments, deteriorating public spaces, and overall a loss of public safety and quality of life.

Yeah, I, I enjoyed that.

How these 20 year olds have the chutzpah on geopolitics to go up against someone who was elected by the American people, just total lack of respect on the, on the moral front and the knowledge front.

But I think President Trump does have to explain to the nation.

Everybody knows we're missing some ingredient.

He can just walk away, right?

That's the simple explanation, but he's not.

And so there's a missing piece there that has to do with rare earths, geography, something, or the hawks keeping them there with NATO forces.

But I wish he would come forward and explain that piece so the American people can understand, because the solution seems very simple to us.