NYC mayor weighs in on Trump's historic MSG rally after 45's gracious shoutout

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams slammed erstwhile President Donald Trump's historical Madison Square Garden rally connected Sunday for promoting "hateful words" from an invited impermanent speaker, contempt Trump's favorable shout-out to nan politician during nan monolithic rally. 

"And you cognize who I want to thank?" Trump said Sunday evening from nan sold-out arena. "Mayor Adams. Because Mayor Adams has been treated beautiful badly. You know, erstwhile he said that this full point pinch nan migrants coming into New York, this is conscionable not sustainable. You know, we can’t do it. We’re trying to tally a city, we sewage 100,000 migrants coming. We can’t do it, we conscionable can’t do it, it’s not feasible, it’s not good."

"He said it very nicely," Trump continued. "I said, ‘well, he’s going to beryllium indicted by these lunatics for saying that.’ A twelvemonth later, he sewage indicted."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Adams' agency for guidance to nan shoutout, inquiring if nan mayor agreed pinch Trump's comments and for guidance to nan rally overall. Adams' agency directed Fox Digital to a station from nan politician lambasting nan arena for nan usage of "hateful words," seemingly referring to a comedian who joked astir Puerto Rico up of Trump's speech. 

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Former first woman Melania Trump applauds her husband, erstwhile President Donald Trump, aft he said astatine a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City connected Oct. 27, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

"The hateful words that were utilized by immoderate astatine today’s rally astatine Madison Square Garden were wholly unacceptable. No matter who says it, dislike is dislike and location is nary spot for it successful our city. As Americans, we ever should guidelines up against racism, antisemitism, and misogyny," Adams posted connected X. 

"Yesterday, up of today’s rally, I talked astir really we each request to move down nan somesthesia that fuels dislike and violence. I americium erstwhile again renewing those calls," he added. 

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Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, big of nan celebrated podcast "Kill Tony," sparked bipartisan backlash aft he cracked a joke hours up of Trump taking nan shape astatine Madison Square Garden that Puerto Rico is simply a "floating land of garbage."

"I don't cognize if you guys cognize this, but there's virtually a floating land of garbage successful nan … water correct now." Hinchcliffe said. "I deliberation it's called Puerto Rico."

The Trump run released a connection distancing itself and Trump from nan remark. 

"This joke does not bespeak nan views of President Trump aliases nan campaign," Trump run elder advisor Danielle Alvarez noted successful a statement, according to reports.

Hinchcliffe, whose comedic inheritance is rooted successful roasting celebrities and different comics, joked astatine different point: "These Latinos, they emotion making babies, too. Just cognize that they do. There’s nary pulling out. They don’t do that. They travel inside, conscionable for illustration they did to our country."

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams marches successful nan 80th Columbus Day Parade connected Oct. 14, 2024 successful New York City. (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock)

The comic brushed disconnected outrage from Democrats, and a fistful of Republicans, specified arsenic Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., successful an X station responding to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slamming nan joke during a livestream. 

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Former President Donald Trump, left, wished New York City Mayor Eric Adams luck successful his conflict against nan Justice Department. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images | Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

"These group person nary consciousness of humor. Wild that a vice statesmanlike campaigner would return clip retired of his ‘busy schedule’ to analyse a joke taken retired of discourse to make it look racist. I emotion Puerto Rico and picnic there. I made nosy of everyone…watch nan full set. I’m a comedian Tim…might beryllium clip to alteration your tampon," Hinchcliffe posted. 

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Last year, Adams slammed nan national government's handling of nan migration crisis, calling connected President Biden to state a authorities of emergency for nan crisis, which nan politician has since linked to nan information down his historical corruption indictment past month. 

"The immigration system successful this federation is broken. It has been surgery for decades. Today, New York City has been near to prime up nan pieces. Since past year, astir 100,000 asylum seekers person arrived successful our metropolis asking for shelter," Adams told reporters past twelvemonth arsenic buses of immigrants were transported to nan Empire State. "That's almost nan organization of Albany, New York."

"We are past our breaking point," nan politician added. "New Yorkers' compassion whitethorn beryllium limitless, but our resources are not. And our partners astatine nan authorities and national levels cognize this." 

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives astatine nan national tribunal aft being charged pinch bribery and illegally soliciting a run publication from a overseas nationalist successful New York City connected Oct. 2, 2024. (REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs)

Adams is embroiled successful a corruption lawsuit aft Manhattan national prosecutors deed him pinch a five-count indictment connected fraud, bribery and corruption charges past month. Adams is accused of soliciting forbidden run donations from overseas entities and falsifying insubstantial trails to screen it up, according to a 57-page indictment. 

"I deliberation they upgraded his spot successful an airplane. That’s a very superior charge," Trump joked of Adams' charges during nan event.

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Supporters of erstwhile President Donald Trump gathered extracurricular of Madison Square Garden. (Fox News Digital )

"They’ve upgraded my spot a lot, too. I utilized to alert commercial. I don’t alert truthful overmuch anymore, but they’d spot maine backmost location and sure, would you for illustration an upgrade," Trump continued. "I don’t know, possibly it’s thing else."

Despite nary grounds Adams was indicted complete his erstwhile remarks connected nan migration crisis, he besides pinned blasted for nan corruption ungraded connected his comments bucking nan Democratic Party complete migration past year. 

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"I ever knew that if I stood my crushed for each of you, that I would beryllium a target, and a target I became," Adams said past month. "Leaks and rumors person been aimed astatine maine successful an effort to undermine my credibility and overgarment maine arsenic guilty."

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President Biden stepped speech and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. (Tierney L. Cross)

"Despite our pleas, nan national authorities did thing arsenic its surgery migration policies overloaded our shelter system. With nary relief, I put nan group of New York earlier statement and politics," he added. 

Last week, Adams came to Trump's defense amid expanding claims from Trump critics, including Vice President Kamala Harris, that nan 45th president is simply a "fascist" and akin to Nazi Germany dictator Adolf Hitler. 

"I person had those comments hurled astatine maine by immoderate governmental leaders successful nan city; my reply is ‘No,’" Adams said Saturday erstwhile asked astir nan slams against Trump. 

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Former President Donald Trump supporters successful MAGA hats extracurricular Madison Square Garden. (Fox News Digital )

"I cognize what Hitler has done, and I cognize what a fascist authorities looks like. I think, arsenic I person called for complete and complete again, that nan level of conversation, I deliberation we tin each dial down nan temperature," he added. 

Trump continued Sunday evening astatine his historical rally that Adams has been "really great," citing Adams' defense of Trump. 

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"I person to show you he’s been really great, and he said they shouldn't beryllium calling Trump a dictator because it’s not true," Trump said. That’s bully … very nice." 

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