Two-faced Gov. Kathy Hochul plays New York and Donald Trump for fools

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : Trump reportedly responded in kind because he loves his hometown and has often said he would do whatever he could to help the city and state where he and his family made their fortune.
51% : A wiser politician would have gotten the point that she's offsides with many voters, which was confirmed when Trump won the presidency with an Electoral College landslide and got a startling 44% of the turnout in deep blue New York.
51% : That means they have little to no power, so when it comes to favors, Trump is the only game in Washington.
41% : Perhaps realizing she had gone too far, the next day Hochul spoke out of the other side of her mouth by saying she had a "productive" phone call with Trump and pledged to work with him on big capital projects.
39% : She is said to be considering a $9 tax for cars instead of the planned $15, but it's the ultimate cynical ploy at any price, one exacerbated by her daffy attempt to circumvent Trump.
28% : She was secretly playing yet another angle, with aides soon telling leftist media she was going to quickly impose the congestion pricing tax she had paused in June before Trump takes office so he couldn't stop it.
26% : It was a dumb thing to say under any circumstance, and especially so given that a September poll found that state voters were more unhappy with her job performance than ever and gave Trump higher marks than she.
20% : It was juvenile showboating, and Hochul's decision to team up with James was doubly dumb given the AG's outrageous civil fraud suit against Trump, his family and his businesses.
15% : Or perhaps Hochul has mistaken Trump for a piñata and New Yorkers for fools.
15% : Anti-Trump headlines from the New York Times homepage on Tuesday shows the Gray Lady is still in campaign mode:"Europe Braces for Trump: 'Worst Economic Nightmare Has Come True' ""The U.S. is the biggest trading partner for the European Union and Britain, whose economies could be at risk because of President-elect Trump's policies.""Doubts Grow Over the Booming Trump Trade, and Trumponomics""Trump's Tariffs Could Deal a Blow to Mexico's Car Factories"And the No. 1 dumbest example of all:"Trump Starts to Fill Out Cabinet With Loyal Defenders"
14% : She and Attorney General Letitia James held a nasty press conference where they took turns warning Trump they would come after him with hammer and tong if he screwed with their priorities.

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