all alone in the room. There's an important Democrat sitting there who's just giving you nothing. I'll tell you what I'd do if I were a good negotiator. I'd say this. I'd say you realize that Trump would do something about this. What are you saying? Are you saying you would endorse Trump? No I'm saying I'll consider it. I'm still waiting for you to help me but if you don't yes I'm going to consider endorsing Trump.

Now this is a speculative just imaginary conversation but if you put me in the room I'd say it. If you made me a lifelong Democrat and you put me in the situation that Mayor Adams was in, you put me in a room with one powerful Democrat who's giving me nothing, I'm going to say you are my problem. I can't be in this party if you're going to act like that. And while I hate 10 things that the Republicans do I'm going to endorse them because this is the biggest problem in New York City. So if you stay this way I'm going to go public and endorse Trump. Good luck with that. Now I would have said it even if I didn't mean it because it's negotiations. You don't always say things you mean when you're negotiating. You just want to make them think maybe it's a risk.

Now imagine if that person took that conversation back to the people in power they'd have to destroy him just because the risk. Even before he said a word they'd have to say okay we're going to have to destroy him so that if he does come out in favor of Trump it's going to look like a despera