New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with President-elect Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, ahead of Trump's inauguration on Monday.

Adams is not the first Democratic politician to discover a strange new respect for Donald Trump. Rod Blagojevich followed the well-trod path from the Illinois governor’s mansion to prison, then pioneered the playbook Adams appears to be employing, culminating in a 2020 pardon.

New York has tolerated plenty of flamboyant mayors—but not one who kisses the ring of a wannabe tyrant while facing a potential prison sentence.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says that "a productive conversation" took place during a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Friday. Adams, a Democrat, has seemingly become more friendly toward Trump and his incoming administration since being indicted on federal criminal charges of fraud and bribery.

Eric Adams is in Mar-a-Lago today—and perhaps one step closer to that Trump pardon he’s been not-so-subtly angling for since November.

"Mayor Adams will sit down with President-elect Trump and discuss New Yorkers’ priorities," the mayor's office said in a statement to FOX 5 NY.

Adams doubled down on defending his meeting with Donald Trump while at at a National Action Network event in Harlem, claiming he was “fighting for” New Yorkers, while Rev. Al Sharpton

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and President-elect Donald Trump spoke for about an hour Friday in Florida, sources said.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with President-elect Donald Trump over lunch at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Friday afternoon.

The trip comes as Adams stares down federal corruption charges and just days before the president-elect’s inauguration.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams left New York City in the middle of the night to head to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has the power to pardon the indicted Democrat.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and President-elect Trump met in Palm Beach, Florida, Friday, three days before Trump's return to the White House. "President Trump and I had a productive ...