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🗓️ 5 November 2025
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New York has elected Zohran Mamdani — and Heather Mac Donald, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Spectator writer, warns the city is heading for trouble. She tells Freddy Gray why she thinks Mayor-elect Mamdani’s agenda on crime, housing and education could undo decades of progress, and why this moment feels like “a student activist government taking over a real city”.
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump wins the presidency. |
| 0:02.5 | Hello, I'm Freddie Gray, the deputy editor and U.S. editor of The Spectator, and I am delighted |
| 0:08.5 | to announce that we have a very, very special live event lined up for you. |
| 0:13.6 | It'll take place on Monday the 3rd of November. |
| 0:17.3 | We have Anne Coulter, the great American commentator. |
| 0:20.0 | And which Republican candidate has the best chance of winning the general election? |
| 0:24.1 | Of the declared ones right now, Donald Trump. |
| 0:28.0 | And we also have Peter Hitchens, the similarly great, but rather different British commentator. |
| 0:33.3 | I suppose I would class myself as being similar to the conservatives in America |
| 0:37.5 | who describe themselves as never Trumpers. |
| 0:39.3 | I've never been impressed by this man. |
| 0:41.0 | These two giants will go head to head over the defining question. |
| 0:45.8 | Has Trump made America great again? |
| 0:48.2 | Don't fail to purchase your tickets, |
| 0:50.5 | and you can find them at spectator.com. |
| 0:52.7 | Dot-Uk. |
| 0:53.7 | Forward slash, great again. Please do come. |
| 0:59.2 | Hello and welcome back to the Americano show, a series of discussions in which we talk about |
| 1:08.5 | American politics, power and prejudices. |
| 1:12.6 | Each week, we will do at least two, possibly more episodes, speaking to an American or an American expert |
| 1:19.6 | about what is going on in America. We will cover the Trump presidency, of course, |
| 1:25.5 | but we will also be doing quite a lot of non-Trump-related podcasts, because if you're anything like me, the story of Donald Trump can get a bit overwhelming. |
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