President Trump on Friday asked how New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo can “survive,” after he took a dig at Trump’s campaign slogan and claimed America “was never that great.”
“How does a politician, Cuomo, known for pushing people and businesses out of his state, not to mention having the highest taxes in the U.S., survive making the statement, WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT? Which section of the sentence is worse?” Trump tweeted Friday morning.
[Opinion: It’s not what Gov. Cuomo said about America; it’s that he caved immediately]
How does a politician, Cuomo, known for pushing people and businesses out of his state, not to mention having the highest taxes in the U.S., survive making the statement, WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT? Which section of the sentence is worse?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
Trump also said that he has already made the U.S. great.
“Wow! Big pushback on Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York for his really dumb statement about America’s lack of greatness,” Trump tweeted. “I have already MADE America Great Again, just look at the markets, jobs, military- setting records, and we will do even better. Andrew ‘choked’ badly, mistake!”
Trump originally tweeted that Cuomo had “chocked” before deleting the tweet and resending.
Wow! Big pushback on Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York for his really dumb statement about America’s lack of greatness. I have already MADE America Great Again, just look at the markets, jobs, military- setting records, and we will do even better. Andrew “choked” badly, mistake!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
Trump argued that “there doesn’t seem to be much reason to ever vote” for Cuomo following the comments.
“When a politician admits that ‘We’re not going to make America great again,’ there doesn’t seem to be much reason to ever vote for him. This could be a career threatening statement by Andrew Cuomo, with many wanting him to resign-he will get higher ratings than his brother Chris!”
When a politician admits that “We’re not going to make America great again,” there doesn’t seem to be much reason to ever vote for him. This could be a career threatening statement by Andrew Cuomo, with many wanting him to resign-he will get higher ratings than his brother Chris!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
Cuomo said Wednesday that “we’re not going to make America great again, it was never that great.” A press secretary quickly walked back that comment and said Cuomo believes the U.S. has not reached its full potential yet.
Trump expressed similar sentiments this week and accused Cuomo of having a “total meltdown.”
“WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT.” Can you believe this is the Governor of the Highest Taxed State in the U.S., Andrew Cuomo, having a total meltdown!” Trump tweeted Wednesday.
“WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT.” Can you believe this is the Governor of the Highest Taxed State in the U.S., Andrew Cuomo, having a total meltdown!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2018
Cuomo also hit back at Trump and said that the two men had two different perspectives about what “great again” would entail.
“What you say would be ‘great again’ would not be great at all,” Cuomo tweeted. “We will not go back to discrimination, segregation, sexism, isolationism, racism or the KKK.”
.@RealDonaldTrump: What you say would be ‘great again’ would not be great at all…We will not go back to discrimination, segregation, sexism, isolationism, racism or the KKK.
Like NY’s motto says: Excelsior — Ever Upward (not backward) https://t.co/nrcUrsYJCO
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 16, 2018
Cuomo is up for re-election and is up against “Sex and the City” actress Cynthia Nixon for New York’s Democratic gubernatorial primary next month.
