You would think the mayor of New York City would stand up to President Trump's hatred of immigrants. You would be wrong.
Being “tough on crime” has worked for conservative politicians for decades, and it worked for Adams too. But quickly, Adams’ actual conservative policies and resolute unseriousness about governance knocked him out of the public’s good graces.
The mayor watched the inauguration ceremony from the screens of the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, which served as the designated overflow room.
The roughly 50-minute interview with Carlson, a former Fox News host and well-known ally of President Donald Trump, aired on the first full day of the second Trump administration. The previous day, the mayor canceled his appearances at Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in New York City to accept a last-minute invitation to Trump’s inauguration.
Adams, a former NYPD captain, has been a champion of the department, and joined the crowd of law enforcement personnel who escorted suspect Luigi Mangione in handcuffs after the fatal shooting of a health insurance CEO. Adams wore a bulletproof vest to join officers in a raid on a suspected migrant crime ring last year.
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams will meet with President-elect Donald Trump Friday ... Accepting any support from the GOP standard-bearer is likely to lead to a significant backlash among voters deciding whether to support Adams for a second term, and ...
"People often say well, you know, you don't sound like a Democrat, and you know, you seem to have left the party. No, the party left me, and it left working-class people."
The New York City mayor says he will run in the Democratic primary for reelection. He’s also aggressively cozying up to President Donald Trump and the GOP. Can he do both?
Of course Mayor Eric Adams was right to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday: New York City needs every friend it can get in Washington, and Queens’ most famous native son can be a very good friend indeed. That Adams’ trip to Florida upset his lefty critics is just icing on the cake.
Chief of Department John Chell and Deputy Commissioner for Operations Kaz Daughtry, whom Adams counts as close allies, were spotted in Washington. Chell attended Trump’s New York City rally at Madison Square Garden, where he gave an on-screen interview to conservative television network Newsmax in his police uniform.
As the federal crackdown on immigration continues​, Mayor Eric Adams has been summoned to Washington to testify on New York City's sanctuary city status.
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, has flown to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump after suggesting he is open to receiving a presidential pardon.