Why Eric Adams requested White House meeting with Trump as his reelection chances hang by a thread

Mayor Eric Adams successfully requested a meeting with President Trump to score a win for New York City as he gears up for a long-shot bid to stay in City Hall, The Post has learned.Adams jetted to Washington, DC, on Friday for a rare White House confab with Trump, where he’s expected to bend the president’s ear on the now-paused Empire Wind One project, Medicaid funding and state and local tax (SALT) deductions, a source briefed on the meeting told The Post.The source said the embattled Adams, who faces a steep uphill reelection battle, is not only looking for a win, but also for his budding ally Trump to give him some credit.The mayor wants to show that his strategy of cozying up to Trump and not joining most fellow city and state Democrats — and his opponents in the November mayoral race — in criticizing the president will bring about wins for the Big Apple, according to the source.“It’s a real substantive thing, he has to show he’s getting something out of him for being nice,” the source said.“The fact he can go sit down with the president is an amazing thing that no other mayor can do right now.”The anticipated meeting with Trump — roughly scheduled for 3 p.m.— also comes hours before a deadline for the Department of Justice to unseal documents in Adams’ now-dismissed corruption case.Adams dropped out of the Democratic mayoral primary and is running for reelection as an independent after his popularity cratered, in part because of his corruption case that the Trump administration successfully — and controversially — moved to scuttle.The mayor’s wooing of the New York City real estate mogul-turned-president started during the federal criminal case — a pivot that many critics, including his electoral challengers, cast as Adams putting himself in Trump’s pocket.Those close to the president have noticed Adams’ overtures.“Adams has been on a mission to make MAGA connections,” said a source close to White House.The source...