Former President Donald Trump has shifted his campaign strategy while standing trial in New York, visiting key constituencies in the city, hosting foreign dignitaries at Trump Tower, and taking daily broadsides at his opponent in a guerrilla campaign for the city itself.
“We’re making a big play for New York,” President Trump told reporters on April 16, the day after his trial on charges related to allegedly falsifying business records began.
The remarks came during a visit to a Harlem bodega where a man had been stabbed to death. “I love this city,” President Trump said. “And it’s gotten so bad in the last three years . . . and we’re going to straighten New York out.”...
