Former President Donald Trump was greeted with cheers Thursday as he delivered pizzas to a Manhattan firehouse after spending the day in court.
Trump, 77, arrived at FDNY’s Engine Co. 8, Ladder Co. 2 in Midtown with two Xeno’s Pizza boxes in hand at around 5:30 p.m.
The campaign had dropped off 10 boxes of different pizzas, including pepperoni, for the hungry first responders prior to his arrival.
“You gotta win!” one firefighter told Trump as he met with the battalion.
“Sir, save us please,” another implored.
The presumptive Republican nominee for president chatted with the firefighters, posed for photos and signed a daybook and other items during the 10 minute campaign stop.
“I love you all – special people,” Trump wrote in the daybook, above his signature.
The pizza was long gone before The Post caught up the first responders that met Trump.
“It was good, we enjoyed it,” a firefighter told The Post. “It’s always special when a president shows up at your place of work.”
“He’s a nice guy for coming by,” he added, describing Trump as “very personable.”
“He speaks to you not at you,” the firefighter said of the former president.
When asked his opinion of President Biden, the firefighter responded, “He tries.”
FDNY spokesperson Jim Long told The Post that it was Trump’s second visit to the same firehouse.
“He was here in 2021 on Sept. 11,” Long said.
“There might be some nervousness out there with Trump coming to the firehouse but we’ve had several presidents, many electeds, people running for office all come by and visit,” he added.
The FDNY, which for decades has hosted presidents and political leaders from all parties, said it values any individual that shows support for firefighters.
“We appreciate whoever supports our members at the FDNY, no matter their political affiliation,” the department said in a statement.
The FDNY presented Trump with two hats before his departure, one with an “8” – in reference to the engine company – and one with a “2,” for the ladder company.
In stark contrast to Trump’s reception, New York Attorney General Letitia James was met with a chorus of boos during a speech at an FDNY promotion ceremony in March.
Chants of “Trump” broke out as James, a Democrat, addressed the crowd of firemen and their families.
James brought the civil fraud lawsuit against the former president in 2022 that resulted in a 9-figure judgment against Trump, which he is appealing.
Trump is currently on trial in Manhattan for alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to the alleged payments to Daniels.
He has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court on Friday for the 11th day of the unprecedented trial.
