On Friday, Trump went on one of his usual Twitter rampages, attacking New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for saying that “America was never that great.”
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
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
Which is worse, Hightax Andrew Cuomo’s statement, “WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT WAS NEVER THAT GREAT” or Hillary Clinton’s “DEPLORABLES” statement…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
…I say Andrew’s was a bigger and more incompetent blunder. He should easily win his race against a Super Liberal Actress, but his political career is over!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2018
The statements Trump made are absolutely absurd, and Governor Cuomo was quick to fire back at the so-called “president” tweeting:
We know how tough Trump is: hiding behind tweets & ripping babies from their mothers arms
Let’s get something straight: America is great because it rejects your hate-filled agenda of bigotry & sexism
Ny’ers have your number @realDonaldTrump & will fight you all day
Bring it on
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 17, 2018
Trump’s tweets came after Cuomo addressed an audience earlier this week at a bill signing and criticized Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again” saying:
‘We’re not going to make America great again — it was never that great. We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.’
Cuomo later explained his statement saying that:
‘I want to be very clear: Of course America is great and of course America has always been great. My family is evidence of American greatness.’
He also tweeted:
.@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
Obviously, there is no love lost between these two, and that will likely never change as Trump continues his attacks on the Governor. One thing is for certain, though — Cuomo is exactly right. What Trump is doing to this country is exactly the opposite of making America great again. He’s ruining everything his predecessors have done to do just that and is making us a laughingstock for the entire world. If he isn’t stopped soon, things will only get worse.
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