In Trump he trusts.
Mayor Eric Adams vowed Tuesday to work with President Trump rather than join a liberal “resistance” – even as New York City tries to claw back nearly $200 million in federal funds for the migrant crisis.
A jaunty Adams, dressed in an “In God We Trust” T-shirt emblazoned with an American flag, told reporters that he’d rather have a productive relationship than engage in a performative “verbal war” with the president.
“I’m not part of the ‘resist’ movement, I’m part of the ‘produce’ movement,” Adams said during his weekly briefing at City Hall.
Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he won’t “resist” Trump. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeHizzoner’s latest Trump-friendly sentiment came on the heels of a federal judge tossing his corruption case for good last week and Adams himself announcing he’d run for re-election not as a Democrat, but on an independent line.
When asked about the patriotic tee, Adams gave a full-throated profession of faith and said he was celebrating putting the legal ordeal behind him.
“I went through hell for 15 months and all I had was God,” he said.
“This outfit is not campaigning. This outfit is my life.”
The mayor wore the t-shirt to celebrate his corruption case’s dismissal. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeAdams has conspicuously moved closer into Trump’s orbit amid the twists and turns of his corruption case, with many noting he’s been increasingly reluctant to even mildly badmouth the grudge-prone president.
One such opportunity arose shortly before the news conference, when it was revealed a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official told City Hall that the feds plan to rescind $106 million in funds that had been promised to the Big Apple to help cover the cost of the migrant crisis.
That’s after the Trump administration covertly snatched more than $80 million in federal migrant funds from New York City’s coffers in February.
Adams insisted Tuesday that the city would fight the feds’ claw backs, but repeatedly resisted taking the bait when reporters asked him whether he’d criticize Trump.
He instead tried to focus on the $7 billion overall that he said former President Joe Biden’s border policies had cost the city during the migrant crisis.
“If you were angry over $200 million why weren’t you infuriated over $7 billion?” Adams said.
Adams has moved politically closer to President Trump. Getty Images
The Trump administration is trying to claw back nearly $200 million in migrant-related funding from New York City. James KeivomThe funds being clawed back were congressionally appropriated during the Biden presidency.
Hizzoner’s live-and-let-live attitude with Trump contrasted wildly with the stance taken by his opponents in the mayoral race.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the frontrunner in the Democratic primary, has touted his experience tangling with the president during his first term, and other candidates have lambasted the White House’s agenda.
At one point, Adams waved off concerns about the Trump administration gutting diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs.
He also pleaded ignorance when asked to weigh in on the president’s tariffs, which wiped out $3.1 trillion in wealth during a single day last week.
“I must’ve spent the greater part of the weekend reading up on tariffs, and I still don’t understand them,” he said.






