Immigration agents are swarming Chicago and President Donald Trump is threatening to send the National Guard to that city. But in New York, the president backed down when Gov. Kathy Hochul asked him to.

People familiar with their relationship said the Democratic governor gets along better with the Republican president than other leaders from her party because he doesn’t perceive her as a threat and she’s willing to make a deal. The two talk regularly, the people said.

They also said Trump has a soft spot for the city where he grew up and still owns multiple properties, including a gold-plated triplex on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Trump said during a livestreamed Cabinet meeting last month that he gets along with Hochul .

But their détente faces new strain with Hochul’s endorsement o

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