Eric Adams returns from Trump meeting to voters wary of the president-elect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "I answered the question over and over again about my case," Adams said at his press conference Saturday.
49% : In mid-November, he exchanged words with Trump at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in New York City.
48% : Sharpton is organizing buses for a Washington rally Monday to serve as counterprogramming three miles from where Trump will be sworn in.
41% : The mayor barely mentioned Trump during his remarks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day forum hosted by Al Sharpton in Harlem.
40% : "Yes, he should meet [Trump] as the mayor, but if he starts looking like he's an extension of his politics, that can hurt.
36% : Adams had been courting Trump for months.
35% : "Sharpton refused to question Adams' motives for meeting Trump in Florida, near his Mar-a-Lago estate.
33% : "He recently told POLITICO, "If I was between a rock and a hard place and the only one that could deliver me is Donald Trump I would be preparing for my bye-bye."Adams and his longtime adviser Frank Carone lunched with Trump, Trump's son Eric and Steve Witkoff, the New York City real estate developer and Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, The New York Times reported.
25% : During the presidential campaign, the big-city Democrat refused to criticize Trump, but he was quick to unload on Biden's White House over immigration policy.
25% : Once Trump clinched the general election, Adams praised controversial cabinet picks like Elon Musk.
10% : He also criticized the outgoing Biden administration -- a posture that aligns with Trump's -- by lamenting the surge in migrants that he says cost New York $6.9 billion.
9% : "What he didn't mention is that Trump lost New York City to Kamala Harris 70-30.

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