NYC Mayor Eric Adams Chooses UFC Night With Trump Over Fighting Talk

NYC's Embattled Mayor Embraces Trump in Bid for Warmer Relations Adams takes a concilliatory stance toward president-elect Other Democratic leaders have been vocal in resistance efforts California Governor Gavin Newsom is vowing to pursue "Trump-proofing" and has said "the freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won't sit idle." Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker proclaimed that "you come for my people, you come through me." And from Los Angeles to Chicago to Boston, Democratic mayors have declared that they're ready to fight to protect vulnerable residents.

But in New York City, which was at the vanguard of the so-called "resistance" to Donald Trump in 2017, Mayor Eric Adams is not only refusing to criticize the president-elect — he's openly embracing him. Literally.