“Usually you bring back the pork.”But Mr. Trump’s relationship with New York is more complicated. And New York’s bounty of 29 electoral votes is not part of any 2020 re-election calculus for Mr. Trump, unlike the home states of presidents past. “Trump’s base is not New York,” said Larry Kudlow, the CNBC commentator and economist who helped draft Mr. Trump’s tax plan during the 2016 presidential campaign. If he runs for re-election, he’s not going to carry New York State. Mr. Trump called him days later, and they spoke at length about the legislation, according to two people familiar with the conversation.

Source: New York Times December 08, 2017 01:52 UTC