President Donald Trump praised New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign Tuesday – as he threatened Democratic socialist and mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani with arrest if he interferes with ICE.
Trump, speaking at the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center in Florida, called the increasingly MAGA-aligned Adams a “very good person.”
“I helped him out a little bit,” Trump said, alluding to the Department of Justice’s controversial move to dismiss Adams’ federal corruption case. “He had a problem, and he was unfairly hurt over this question.
“That was a Biden indictment. I said, ‘Don’t feel bad. I got indicted five times.’”
Adams faced corruption and bribery charges in what both the mayor and Trump have argued was political retribution for speaking out against former President Joe Biden’s border policies.
The probe leading to the historic indictment began before Adams’ criticism.
Trump also continued his recent attacks on Mamdani, saying the socialist firebrand risked jail if he bucked an ongoing immigration crackdown.
“We’ll have to arrest” Mamdani if that happens, Trump said.
The president also weighed in on the mayoral race, implicitly giving Adams – a Democrat running as an independent – his support.
“You would think that a Republican would be able to win, or you have a good independent running for mayor,” Trump said.
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