Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, had to appear before the press this Monday to ask for calm and issue a warning once morest any excess that may be carried out by the many supporters of former President Donald Trump.
From the steps of City Hall, Adams stressed that the New York Police and security forces “are ready to respond at any time,” but stressed that “there have been no specific or credible threats so far.”
The mayor assured that activity will be normal both in the workplace and in schools, and some streets adjacent to the court where Trump must appear will be closed, for which reason he recommended using public transport to avoid possible “traffic disruptions.”
Regarding those who plan to demonstrate in favor of Donald Trump, he had a clear message: “Controll yourselves, this city is our home and it is not a playing field where you can come to express your misplaced anger.”
“Do well”
He also quoted Republican congresswoman Marjorie Greene, a Trump supporter and convener of a rally in support of the former president tomorrow in the vicinity of the court, to whom he said: “While you’re in town, behave in the best way.”
“We will not tolerate violence or vandalism of any kind,” he said, and warned that the Police will arrest anyone who does so, “regardless of who you are.”
The former president is expected to arrive in New York around 3 p.m. local time.
The former president traveled to New York on Monday from Palm Beach (Florida), where he was fired by more than 200 followers on the eve of his appointment with Justice to hear the charges in the case of irregular payments to the porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Trump undertook a trip aboard his Boeing 757 from Palm Beach, a city located regarding 120 kilometers north of Miami, to which he moved his legal address in 2019 following having resided in New York since he was born, 76 years ago.
Since 10 a.m. this Monday, Trump supporters have stationed themselves on both sides of the street waving their banners, to which some of the drivers circulating there responded by honking their vehicle horns as a sign of support. .
The 47 Club
“Vote Republican or America dies,” read a banner carried by a Trump supporter on the bridge linking the island of Palm Beach to the mainland.
More than 200 people with signs and US flags cheered as he drove by in the car that was part of a caravan heading to the airport.
The 47 Club organization that owes its name to the fact that Trump (who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, aspires to obtain a new term in the 2024 elections) called the demonstration on the way to the airport to fire the former president.
Trump must appear this Tuesday in a New York court where the charges that the prosecutor Alvin Bragg charged him and the Grand Jury approved, for the payments allegedly made to the porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 so that she would not speak of a crime, will be read. sexual relationship they would have had.
According to the indictment, attorney Michael Cohen paid the actress $130,000 on behalf of Trump, who in 2016 was a candidate for the Republican nomination, just as he is now.
Trump reported on his social network Truth of his trip to New York, where there are also planned demonstrations by his followers.
He will stay at Trump Tower, his former residence on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, where the police presence has increased for several weeks and there are protective fences on both sides of the street.
