immediately after the female governor of Maine likewise showed him to be the fool he is-- to his face and on camera. Hmmm.

it barely sounds like enough time to get through a few "pleasantries" (e.g., intros, handing out copies of documents) and then doing some kind of "powerpoint presentation" type of summary - concluding with responses to a few questions, perhaps scheduling to send written follow-ups to questions that they didn't have an immediate answer for, and then being summarily dismissed.

fascinating and I'd bet with a lot fewer pleasantries.

What I would give to have been that fly on the wall!!!!
It would not be pru-dent (as HW Bush or Dana Carvey would say), for
Mr Smartass Stupid to not be a total gentleman in her presence.
Her Ladyship, The Governor of NY, has his number!

For hochul. Yech. Who could stand to be around him.

No doubt you’ve come across a few in your work! They are impervious to learning. Their “opinions” are more important than your facts and statistics. Their faith in themselves supersedes their obvious failures.

Trump is the epitome of a Dunning-Kruger individual except that his assessment of himself is light years apart from the reality of his life.

have to promise to change the name of Fifth Avenue to Donald Trump Avenue if she wants to do it.

You know he won’t read a damn thing.

it wasn't read.

Like NY and CA, should go to Trump and tell him that if he refuses to provide federal assistance to their states, they will stop sending money to the federal government, to cover the gap. No playing nice. The legalities do not matter, because Trump ignores the law anyway.

...when they file their 1040 federal tax return, or when their employer forwards their withholding.

But it's the same logic that Trump uses when he tries to with hold federal funds. It doesn't matter if it's legal or not - Trump has long since gone past "the law", so just do the same back to him.

CA / NY, etc., could demand the red states balance their own budget before CA sends them any more money. That would cripple Trump's illegal with holding of federal funds to Blue States.

But again, CA does not send the federal gov't the money... the residents and businesses of CA do. When you (or your employer) pay your federal income tax, it is not sent to the state to forward to the federal government, it is sent directly to the federal government. The state gov't has no mechanism by which to prevent the funds from going to the feds since the money does not pass through them in the first place. Unless maybe the governor wants to simply issue an edict that businesses and individuals should not pay their federal income taxes. But I don't imagine many would comply, short of some clear legal foundation, considering the personal consequences of not paying your taxes.

It's just the only way to not pay Federal taxes. Then there would be a Civil War and we would lose and be occupied.

Again, we have to rely on the courts. Federal assistance can't rely on political orientation. Freedom of speech and no taxation without representation.

Waiting to see if SCOTUs will find a way around it, and lal the other cases.

This is yet another Republican attempt to defame the United States of America, so the best thing contributor states can do is to directly shore it up in the name of the nation on their own initiative. It would probably end up more effective in the long-run anyway.

Use the federal system to circumvent local corruption, but it works the other way too.

They have no lawful authority, so just tell them "Nope" and go ahead.

butts into local issues being addressed at the local level. Why would they want to stop the tolling? How can that be anything remotely important to the governance of the nation? It's a puzzler for sure.........

His businesses are there, at least some of them still are, and he loves the celebrities and famous people in NYC even if they don't love him back. He wants a BIG WIN so everyone can THANK him!

I'd bet. He wouldn't understand anything she told him.