Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke with President Trump about his threat to send the National Guard to New York , she revealed Tuesday.
The phone conversation unfolded “a couple of days ago,” but left Hochul with little clue whether the Big Apple will see the military on the streets like in Washington , DC, the governor said during an unrelated event in Harlem.
“I don’t know what he’ll do,” she said as she shrugged.
Trump deployed the National Guard in the nation’s capital to crackdown on rampant crime, although many critics have argued his claims are overblown.
Hochul, who herself has deployed the state’s National Guard in the Big Apple’s subway system, said she gently tried to dissuade Trump from pulling a similar military move.
“I was very gracious,” she said. “I just said, ‘I’ll tell you