‘NYC is getting dirty and unsafe again.’ Donald Trump attacks state’s governor Andrew Cuomo as ‘brother of Fredo’ in jibe at CNN’s Chris and claims city’s cops are ‘being disrespected’ after moving his permanent home to Mar-a-Lago

• Trump quietly filed documents in September making Palm Beach his residence
• He is a lifelong New Yorker but has rarely visited the city since taking office
• Florida has no state income tax, and the move is reportedly for tax purposes 
• New York’s Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo responds: ‘Good riddance’ 
• Trump attacked Cuomo as ‘brother of Fredo’ 
• He said the city was getting ‘dirty & unsafe again’  
• In the past Trump has mocked CNN’s Chris Cuomo as Fredo 
• He also brought up energy policy, fracking, economic problems Upstate, and police being ‘disrespected’ 

President Donald Trump disparaged his longtime hometown of New York City Friday, saying the city is getting ‘dirty’ and unsafe – and compared New York Governor to a character from The Godfather after moving his main residence to lower-tax Florida.

The president alternately pointed to conditions in the New York, its high taxes, its Democratic political leadership, and investigations of his finances as reasons for his decision to make Mar-a-Lago his legal residence.

‘I love New York, but New York can never be great again under the current leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomo (the brother of Fredo), or Mayor Bill DeBlasio,’ Trump wrote.

‘Cuomo has weaponized the prosecutors to do his dirty work (and to keep him out of jams), a reason some don’t want to be … in New York, and another reason they are leaving.’

Cuomo signed the bill allowing the state legislature to release his New York State tax returns to congress. In addition, federal prosecutors in New York are seeking to obtain his tax return information as part of an investigation into alleged campaign finance violations.

Trump has previously mocked CNN host Chris Cuomo as ‘Fredo,’ who is depicted in the Godfather trilogy as the brother who lacks the sense or fortitude to do almost anything right (although he does succeed in saving protagonist Don Corleone’s life when he gets hospitalized).

Their father is former Gov. Mario Cuomo, meaning in Trump’s analogy, the current governor would either be hot-headed Sonny Corleone or cunning successor Michael Corleone.

Trump, who stands to save millions with the legal maneuver, also brought up New York State energy policy, amid resistance to fracking – along with police being ‘disrespected’ and other reasons for his move.

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