Can you hear it? Can you feel it? Can you sense it? New York is back to being New York again.
As President Donald Trump heads to New York City on Monday to watch Game 3 of the NBA Finals, one notable person won’t be in his suite with him: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The White House did not indicate Trump would meet with Mamdani when the Washington Examiner reached out for comment. There does not […]
President Donald Trump plans to attend the first NBA Finals game in nearly three decades at Madison Square Garden, and panelists on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" predicted he would not find a friendly reception from his hometown.The New York Knicks will face off Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs in game 3 of the Finals, which will require fans to wait in extra-long security lines to enter the arena and forced the cancellation of a watch party outside, all of which will anger the crowd inside, according to the panelists."The whole idea of we are living at a time in which everything must be about him," said journalist Pablo Torre. "This is why this sucks. There is a story, it existed, and, of course it could not last. Nothing gold can last. As I say, it existed in this beautiful snow globe of sports and city, and in comes the president, and I get it. You've got to provide security, it doesn't make sense to have the greatest party in sports happening outside, because, of course there are dangers. I'm not saying that the president does not deserve protection. It is merely that by inviting him and choosing to favor his whims over the city, you're making a choice that is frankly reflected in everything else happening in sports and life, in which billionaires get to be prioritized, fast-passed into the heart of something great."Trump has gone to a number of sporting events as president and attended the occasional Knicks home game before entering politics, but host Jonathan Lemire doesn't expect New Yorkers to welcome him back with open arms."Do they show him on the jumbotron?" Lemire wondered. "How many times do they show him on TV, and in that arena, if they do show him, what is the reception? What is the volume of boos he's going to face? It could be it could be off the charts."Author Michael Tomasky agreed."I imagine the ticket prices are going to put a few more Republicans in the seats than normal," Tomasky said. "But what's his approval rating among that crowd in Madison Square Garden tonight? Fifteen percent? Maybe 15.""It's going to be as loud a series of boos as we'll have heard," Torre interjected."I don't understand why he'd even want to do this," Tomasky added. "I know if that were me, I wouldn't. I wouldn't come close to the place and the inconveniencing of the people.""I mean, he does like to associate himself with the winner," Lemire suggested. "The Knicks are winning. He likes to be part of the storyline. The Knicks are the storyline right now in the sports world, you know, and I do think that even the rich guys who the Republicans who might have voted for Donald Trump are still, will have just had to stand in line for three hours, and they're going to be annoyed by that, too." - YouTube youtu.be
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Fans of the New York Knicks are telling President Donald Trump, who once called New York his home, to "stay home" instead of attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night, according to a new report. MS NOW's Laura Haefeli spoke with several Knicks fans in New York on Sunday after it was announced that the team's watch party was canceled because of Trump's attendance at the game. The Knicks, in conjunction with the New York Police Department and the Secret Service, decided to cancel the event, which was scheduled to be held near Madison Square Garden. Instead, the parties will be held in Central Park and in Brooklyn, miles away from the arena. Knicks fans who spoke with Haefeli expressed frustration and consternation over the decision to cancel the watch parties near MSG. "Please, Mr. Trump, stay home," one Knicks fan said. "Do not jinx my Knicks because no McDonagh in the next 100 years will vote Republican. Just like we haven't voted Republican since the 1950s.""Enjoy being in New York. Enjoy the stadium. Don't be too much of a distraction, and let's keep everything about what's important, and that's Knicks basketball," another fan said. "It's going to be impossible to get on this block," another fan told Haefeli outside of MSG. "It's going to be a long walk in for a lot of these fans. It's going to be hard for them to get in. But you know what? That's what's going to need to happen to keep everybody in there safe. You know, I get it. It's going to be a pain for a lot of people to get in there."The Knicks lead the series against the Spurs 2-0. Game 3 will tip off on Monday at 8:30 p.m. ET.
The New York Knicks return home to Madison Square Garden riding a historic 13-game playoff win streak and two wins from the NBA championship, but many fans worry that President Donald Trump could jinx them.The president will attend Game 3 back in his hometown, which is forcing the cancellation of some watch parties that have sprung up around New York City during his year's postseason, and panelists on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" wondered whether his injection of partisan politics will end the team's good fortunes."I think we close out by looking ahead to tonight, which was going to be a huge party," said co-host Mika Brzezinski. "I mean, people were going to party and then they were going to party outside Madison Square Garden. There were going to be post parties and pre-parties, and the streets were going to be filled with joy, and how is that still happening?""It'll still happening in New York City, but it's not going to happen near Madison [Square] Garden, which is where it's been the heart of this, these sort of organic fan gatherings – wild scenes, pretty funny stuff, frankly, and yet, because President Trump has chosen to attend tonight's game three of the NBA Finals, Knicks up 2-0 on the [San Antonio] Spurs. That stuff can't happen, and there – you're a Knicks fan. There are a lot of Knicks fans like yourself who are deeply apprehensive that, as the as the kids say, the vibes are immaculate around this team, but Trump might ruin it."Journalist Pablo Torre expressed trepidation about the president's attendance and its possible impact on the Knicks chasing their first title since 1973."They're careening into a a historic ditch if this is how this goes," Torre said, "and look, Knicks fans, I grew up one, born and raised blocks from the Garden. We're always waiting for the next shoe to drop, and if that shoe belongs to the president as he walks in through the VIP secret tunnel that no fan can afford to enter, right. I cannot help but think sports, like America, has an affordability crisis right now, and the most on-the-nose is just exemplar of this is this story. You can't even be outside. You can't even be outside, let alone inside, and so who's this for? What's it about?""I thought the Knicks were ours as a city, turns out none of it is ours," Torre added. "It belongs to the same guy that we've spent now, you guys have spent hours this morning taking us from the Middle East to private prisons and into, of course, the question of whose birthday is this again? It's all his birthday party, that's what we are learning."
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, says the Democratic Party 'has lost its focus on working people'
Donald Trump is desperately trying to salvage his gala commemorating the United States’s 250th anniversary after many celebrities pulled out. He let out a weird tirade insisting that he is telling them not to come, and also announced a paltry set of acts that’s downright humiliating. This comes after he seethed that he didn’t need other musical acts because he himself will be performing. Also, he’s bigger than Elvis! Trump’s plans drew savage mockery from MAGA influencer Matt Walsh, who ridiculed Trump’s organizers for inviting “washed up geriatric one hit wonders.” Walsh added cuttingly that this will now be a rally where “Trump will talk about himself for 90 minutes.” We talked to New Republic senior editor Alex Shephard, who writes well about Trumpism and the American zeitgeist. We discuss how Trump/MAGA had their cultural moment in 2024, how they pissed it away to inflict mass suffering on the people they hate, and the deeper reasons MAGA is so toxic within the culture. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
Darkened storefronts represent wasted opportunities to reach for the American Dream. Yet Mamdani still doesn’t have a comprehensive economic development strategy.