Why NYC Mayor Eric Adams could be a big winner of Trump presidency

Scandal-plagued, politically isolated and federally indicted Mayor Eric Adams could extremity up being 1 of nan biggest winners of different Donald Trump presidency, insiders told The Post Thursday.

The scuttlebutt swirling astir nan SOMOS convention — nan yearly governmental retreat successful Puerto Rico wherever New York politicos hobnob — this week is that Trump successful nan White House makes it much apt Adams will legally and politically past his historical bribery and corruption case.

“There is going to beryllium a resurrection of Eric Adams pinch a statesmanlike pardon pinch Trump successful office,” 1 Democratic operative quipped.

Trump has many times expressed his belief that Adams has been railroaded by vengeful national prosecutors — and immoderate successful nan mayor’s campy aft Tuesday’s predetermination person double-downed connected their theory that nan incoming president could hamper nan lawsuit aliases moreover flip a imaginable conviction, sources adjacent to nan politician said.

Mayor Eric Adams could spot his ineligible troubles melt distant nether a Trump presidency, insiders said. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Adams’ soul circle itself is divided into 2 camps complete what Trump’s triumph intends for Hizzoner, insiders told The Post.

One campy believes that Trump could thief Adams’ ineligible conflict by either installing a caller US Attorney, efficaciously sidesplitting nan case, aliases by pardoning nan politician if he’s convicted successful a trial, sources said.

But others adjacent to Adams interest that if nan national lawsuit is dropped that authorities prosecutors successful New York, possibly moreover Attorney General Letitia James, could revive nan lawsuit pinch a attraction connected straw philanthropist accusations, sources said.

The whispers coincided pinch an existent talk betwixt Trump and Adams, who revealed Thursday that he said pinch nan incoming president nan time before.

Adams refused to divulge galore specifications astir nan chat, including whether nan 2 said astir his criminal case, but offered that their speech focused connected New York City.

“I communicated pinch nan President yesterday to authorities that location are galore issues present successful nan metropolis that we want to activity together pinch nan management to address, a batch of our infrastructure issues,” he said.

“The metropolis must move forward, and that’s what our extremity is to do.”

Beyond nan implications for Adams’ criminal case, governmental insiders astatine Somos person been speculating astir what a Trump presidency could mean for nan mayor’s spot wrong nan Democratic Party.

Adams, a erstwhile Republican, publically backed Vice President Kamala Harris, but avoided badmouthing Trump successful nan run-up to Tuesday’s election.

He notably pushed back connected nan Democratic complaint that nan Republican nominee is simply a “fascist” comparable to Adolf Hitler and coyly hinted he’d welcome Trump’s support arsenic he fought nan corruption charges.

And down nan scenes, Adams’ ineligible squad hired Trump-linked lawyers.

Insiders pondered whether New York Democrats’ guidance to a Trump presidency could time off Adams connected nan outs pinch nan party, fixed his willingness to cozy up to nan incoming president.

Donald Trump has many times expressed his belief that Adams has been railroaded by national prosecutors. Getty Images

Some noted Adams’ position arsenic a moderate, moreover conservative, Democrat could beryllium a boon for him if nan statement realigns to regain voters turned disconnected by its caller stances connected crime and societal issues.

But Adams would person nary spot successful nan statement if New York Democrats push further near to create an Empire State bulwark of guidance against Trump’s expected hardline crackdowns connected issues specified arsenic abortion and immigration, insiders said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and nan lawyer general, for instance, already held a associated property convention Wednesday indicating they were prepared to “fight back” against Trump’s argumentation proposals.

Adams’ estimation and early person been imperiled by nan five-count national indictment unveiled successful September, though Hochul has truthful acold declined to telephone connected him to measurement speech aliases move to region him from office.

Federal prosecutors pinch nan Southern District of New York alleged Adams took bribes from Turkish nationals and officials successful nan shape of $123,000 worthy of luxury recreation perks, and defrauded taxpayers retired of $10 cardinal successful run costs done forbidden straw donations.

He has pleaded not guilty.