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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGov. Cuomo: Trump had 'better have an army' to protect him if he comes to NYC
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday all but threatened President Trumps safety if he returns to New York City in a rant responding to an exclusive story by The Post that Trump is looking to pull federal funds from lawless cities including New York. Cuomo called an emergency press briefing within a half-hour on Wednesday night to tear into Trump for the order, which cites New Yorks rising murder rate and defunding of the NYPD. He better have an army if he thinks hes gonna walk down the street in New York. New Yorkers dont want to have anything to do with him, the Democrat said, all but threatening the commander-in-chief. He cant have enough bodyguards to walk through New York City, people dont want to have anything to do with him.
On substance, Cuomo said he doubted the legality of Trumps five-page memo ordering a review of federal funds that can be redirected from New York City, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. It is more of the same from him. Its political, it is gratuitous. And its illegal. But it is another attempt to kill New York City, Cuomo said.
In highly personal and insulting language, Cuomo speculated that Trump wasnt upset about New Yorks soaring murder rate and shootings. I think its because he is from New York City and New York City rejected him, always, Cuomo said. He was dismissed as a clown in New York City, those who know him best, like him least. Cuomo jeered: He was disrespected in New York City. Nobody took him seriously and he was just a tabloid cartoon.
My comment about the president and bodyguards in New York City, all Im saying is that he is persona non grata in New York City. And I think he knows that. And hell never come back to New York, because New Yorkers will never forget how gratuitously mean he has been to New Yorkers and how many times hes tried to kill the city that gave him his start and birthed him. Thats what I meant about the bodyguards.
Referring to a claim in a recent book by Trumps niece, Mary Trump, Cuomo said, his own sister, a former federal judge, is disgraced by him.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/02/cuomo-trump-better-have-an-army-to-protect-him-if-he-comes-to-nyc/
Girard442
(6,075 posts)Be a real shame if something happened to them.
BComplex
(8,053 posts)That might work. There's nothing trump hates worse than someone messing with his money, since money is the ONLY thing he has feelings about besides his own person.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,625 posts)gab13by13
(21,359 posts)SA kept his tower in the black. It's also why we have US soldiers in SA protecting their oil facilities. everything Trump does is quid pro quo.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)My only regret is that he isn't my governor!
I wonder when he'll run for POTUS?
fleur-de-lisa
(14,625 posts)I'm pretty sure we all know that Dump and his spawn will never be welcomed in NYC again.
bluestarone
(16,972 posts)The House should HOLD all funds when they meet! This has to stop until we get the whitehouse!!
jalan48
(13,870 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,176 posts)Laughing Trump into oblivion seems the best approach to the election.
ChazInAz
(2,569 posts)Does trump not know where those federal funds come from?
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)Just think how much revenue NYC alone generates. If Trump ever had a brain, it rotted away long ago. You'd think he would know better considering he's from NY! I guess he thinks everyone else dodges taxes like he does.
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)But this comment could have/should have been tactically polished a little bit better before he let lose with it. The tabloid cartoon part was spot on but the bodyguards part should have been given a little more thought.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)this statement was just damn dumb.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)we don't take shit from nobody, even the President of the United States.
We'll fit you for some custom concrete boots and enter you in the East River Swim Meet. Capisce?
ancianita
(36,065 posts)Trump, on the one rare occasion he stepped into the state of Illinois, kept his kleptocratic ass in an airport hangar, then left.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)blah blah blah
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)She retired from the bench to stop an investigation into how she and her idiot brother were involved in tax fraud.
They are a NYC crime family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/us/maryanne-trump-barry-misconduct-inquiry.amp.html
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)very, very stupid.
I appreciate the sentiment, but this is just embracing the violence and violent rhetoric that feeds the fear that props up much of Trump's support. Counterproductive at best.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)if Trump Tower caught fire and firefighters just couldn't get there because of heavy traffic, or budget restraints. There are no sprinklers in Trump Tower either. However it does have more structural concrete than any other NYC building. Trump didn't want to use steel (like everyone else) because he wanted to get kickbacks from the New York City mafia, who controls every bit of concrete poured in NYC.
Yep, it'd be a real shame if Trump Tower caught fire. I'm sure Trump has it insured for 10X it's actual value though. That's just how Donny rolls.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)I don't know about the army comment but the clown part is right on target.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)pandr32
(11,588 posts)...but unfortunately has real teeth because he has real goons like Barr, Mnuchin, and too many others.
Polybius
(15,428 posts)Just days after Mr. Helms, a Republican from North Carolina, created a furor by saying that President Clinton was not up to the job of Commander in Chief, he told The News and Observer, a newspaper in Raleigh: "Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard."
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/23/us/helms-takes-new-swipe-at-clinton-then-calls-it-mistake.html