Mayor Adams Won’t Criticize Trump. He Will Sit Down With Tucker Carlson.
The New York Times
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, a Democrat, declined to say anything negative about Donald J. Trump’s early executive orders, saying he would bring any concerns directly to the president.
After breaking bread with President Trump in Florida and then attending his inauguration in Washington, Mayor Eric Adams would seem especially qualified to opine on Mr. Trump’s polarizing first day in office.
But upon his return to New York City, Mr. Adams declined on Tuesday to say much of anything about the new president. He had nothing bad to say about the pardons of the Jan. 6 rioters or the move to end federal D.E.I. programs.
The mayor of the largest city in the country had not lost his voice. Rather, he had chosen to mute himself.
Mr. Adams said that if he had any differences of opinion with the Republican president, he would share them privately with Mr. Trump.
“If I do disagree, I will communicate with him directly on them,” Mr. Adams said during his weekly media availability.
The mayor, a Democrat, had no opinion on Mr. Trump’s efforts to outlaw birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. He had nothing negative to say about the president’s pardon of Jan. 6 defendants — rather, he said the Justice Department was politicized. He did not remark on the president’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accords.
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