WASHINGTON — President Trump mocked New York Gov. Kathy Hochul after mentioning his opposition to congestion pricing — calling her a “nice woman” who “is never going to take you to the promised land.”
“She calls me up a lot. I immediately know it’s her because I do have friends in Buffalo but they haven’t called me too much lately,” Trump said Friday at a Rockland County rally, before impersonating the Democrat.
“Hi, Mr. President, it’s Kathy. Hi! Hi! Could you help me here, could you help me there? And we’re having a little problem getting this, and we’re trying to get that. Could you give me a little hand?” Trump mimicked the governor telling him.
“I say, ‘Kathy you’re always killing me, why the hell would I give you — ?’
“‘Well, I just thought I’d try. Okay. Thank you very much.’
“And the next day she goes out, ‘We must stop Donald Trump.’ It’s crazy. Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
He added: “I don’t want to say anything negative. She’s a very nice woman. But she’s never going to take you to the promised land, ever. There will never be a promised land with Kathy.”
The president’s sprawling speech coupled policy with humor, including his bidding adieu to hecklers, whom Trump ordered police to bring “home to mommy” — before he danced off the stage to “Y.M.C.A.,” which he called the gay national anthem.
He also ripped home-state House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as “low IQ” and claimed he inspired the president’s new put-down for “Dumocrats.”
Trump visited the Hudson Valley to support Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), the lone incumbent Republican seeking re-election from a district carried in 2024 by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Trump and Hochul have had a hot-and-cold relationship during his second term — with the pair meeting privately in the Oval Office one month after he retook the White House, where they discussed her tolling of drivers on Manhattan’s busiest streets.
White House sources told The Post’s Miranda Devine that Hochul told Trump “I control the judges” during the meeting.
Hochul denied making the comment.
The congestion pricing program is still in effect, despite the Trump Transportation Department’s attempts to use its power to block it. A federal judge sided with Hochul in March, but the decision is being appealed.
Although at times cordial, Hochul has attacked Trump on a litany of matters, including claiming on Sunday that the disruptive Long Island Rail Road strike was the Republican’s fault because his administration released unions from mediation.
A spokesperson for Hochul did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
