Famed cartoonist boycotts New York over Trump verdict

Author and “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams Monday announced he is boycotting New York over the state’s recent verdict against President Donald Trump.

Last week Judge Arthur Engoron barred Trump from doing business in New York for three years, fined him over $355 million in damages, and fined his two sons Eric and Donald Jr. $4 million each. 

The ruling is being seen as political given that no one was defrauded and there was no victim in the case. Trump was accused of inflating the worth of his Mar-a-Lago property to secure loans, all of which he repaid. Political pundits also note that State Attorney General Letitia James campaigned on a promise to oust Trump. Judge Engoron, a lifelong Democrat donor who referred to Trump as “just a bad guy,” posed smiling for the cameras during the trial.

On Monday Adams announced to his over one million followers on X that he will be taking action.

“I’m canceling all NYC business trips until the Trump property seizure is reversed. Also no new business with NY entities. Too far,” he wrote.

While the cartoonist drew mockery from the Left, Adams has joined a growing chorus of Americans who have vowed to take similar action against what they say is a two-tiered justice system.

Truckers have also taken to social media to organize a boycott of New York City. Chicago1Ray, an X user who describes himself as a “big rig driver,” said he spoke to ten other truckers who will be refusing loads to the Big Apple beginning Monday.

The truckers have received support across social media, with many users urging truck drivers to also refuse loads to other “regime-controlled cities.”

On Sunday New York Governor Kathy Hochul signaled there is some concern that the backlash to the Trump verdict may hurt the state economically and urged Americans to continue to do business there.

“I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior,” Hochul said in an interview.

The governor added that those doing business in New York “are honest people and they’re not trying to hide their assets and they’re following the rules.” Hochul also emphasized that she is not responsible for the size of the fine.

“And so this judge determined that Donald Trump did not follow the rules. He was prosecuted and truly, the governor of the state of New York does not have a say in the size of a fine, and we want to make sure that we don’t have that level of interference,” she said.  

But it is unclear if Hochul’s words, which appear to have been targeting real estate investors, will be reassuring to those who have been following the same rules Trump has.