Mayor Eric Adams is looking forward to working with Donald Trump’s administration after he officially takes office.
According to Politico, Adams said that he’s already spoken with Trump and plans to work with the President-Elect on “infrastructure, public safety, and more issues in New York City.”
Speaking to reporters, Adams said his main objective is to “fight on behalf of New Yorkers” and to “defend this city.”
“I communicated with the president yesterday to state that there are many issues here in the city that we want to work together with the administration to address,” Adams said. “The city must move forward and that is what our call is to do.”
He continued: “All of us want to be safe and that is something that we push for.” Adams also said that he wants New York City to be the “safest big city in America.”
Lately, Adams has attempted to be “friendly” with the President-Elect. He refused to criticize Trump after holding a Madison Square Garden rally where racist, sexist, xenophobic language was spewed. But Adams did speak out against his fellow Democrats who called Trump a “fascist.”
“I speak to my mayors across the country, and they talk about these real problems we’re having,” Adams said. “And with all that’s going on to everyday New Yorkers, we’re asking questions that, ‘Is someone a fascist?’ or ‘Is someone a Hitler?’ That’s insulting to me. That is insulting.”
“I’m not going to engage in that. Everyone needs to turn down the rhetoric. Because after Election Day, we still have to be the United States, and not the divided states,” Adams continued.
Trump even came to Adams’ defense while speaking at a dinner in October.
“I just want to be nice because I know what it’s like to be persecuted by the DOJ for speaking out against open borders,” Trump said. “We were persecuted, Eric. I was persecuted, and so were you.”
In September, Adams was indicted on criminal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy charges. The indictment also accuses the mayor of accepting flight upgrades and other luxury travel perks valued at $100,000. Also, he allegedly received illegal campaign contributions from a Turkish official who sought to buy his influence.
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