 [Manhattan Institute] Mayor de Blasio snubbed President Trump last week, refusing to attend a mayors’ meet-up on infrastructure after the Trump White House demanded more information on sanctuary cities. De Blasio said he slighted the president because "the only thing he understands is force and resoluteness." But if you’re going to fight power with power, you’ve got to have . . . power.
De Blasio has little.
De Blasio was one of several big-city mayors to skip the White House meeting. But of those, he has the most to lose by angering Trump.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who led the resisters, is leaving office in May. Politically, Landrieu can afford to risk making things a little bit difficult for his successor. |