Mayor Eric Adams met with President Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, in Florida earlier this week — amid talks about a potential role for Hizzoner in the administration, The Post has learned.
The Tuesday sit-down with a high-level member of the Trump admin came as White House officials were discussing a possible plum gig for Adams — including an ambassadorship — apparently as an incentive to drop his re-election bid, sources said.
Adams traveled to the Sunshine State late Monday as part of an undisclosed trip that was later confirmed by his team to be part of his 65th birthday celebration.
The mayor didn’t reveal what he did during the jaunt south, but did not deny that he met with people in the Trump administration, when asked.
It emerged on Wednesday that discussions about finding Adams a cushy gig in Washington had reached the highest levels of the Trump admin.
The Post reported on Thursday that Trump himself had phoned influential businessman John Catsimatidis, a friend of Adams, and set a deadline for the mayor and GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa to drop out.
The political calculus is that thinning the field would give ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo a leg up in staving off a socialist mayoralty under frontrunner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
Reps for Witkoff and the White House didn’t immediately return requests for comment.
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