Donald Trump meets with construction workers before the ‘hush money’ trial in Manhattan

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By Isabel Keane

Former President Donald Trump declared that he is “going to run very hard in New York” in the months leading up to the presidential election at a surprise visit to a Manhattan construction site Thursday.

The former president was seen on video shaking hands with construction workers on 48th St. and Park Ave before returning to his “hush-money” trial, which was entering its third day.

“I did nothing wrong. It’s a political witchhunt. It’s election interference, that’s all it is,” Trump told the crowd, which broke out at one point into chants of “USA! USA!”

He arrived around 6:30 am and his visit lasted about 15 minutes.

The former president took photos and signed autographs for people who went through a security screening to enter the penned-off area.

Trump told reporters he feels he has a shot to win New York against President Biden in November.

“I’m going to make a play for New Yorkers. They said, I just heard, there was a very good poll that came out. Normally, the Democrat will win New York. Biden is the worst president in history, we have some very bad people here, but we have the greatest people and they’re right behind me. They all want us to run, and we’re going to run very hard in New York,” Trump said.

“They’ve taken my constitutional right away with a gag order. That’s all it is, it’s election interference, this whole thing is election interference.”

His campaign team also gave workers a document titled “Union Workers Paying the Price for Biden’s Failed Economic Policies” which claims Trump will ban Chinese and foreign ownership of critical US infrastructure if re-elected.

It also says he would cancel Biden’s electric vehicle mandate.