Are you frustrated by
the federal government?
Are you in touch with
Trump every single day?
I don't talk to Trump every single day,
but I do talk to him when
I need to talk to him,
which is at least several times a week.
And for those people who
don't know the backdrop here,
there's been no governor in the nation
who's fought as much with Trump as I
have. And that's okay. We're both New
Yorkers. We speak our mind and if we, uh,
have to disagree with disagree. But during
this, I said to him from the get go,
this is not about politics.
It's not about personalities.
We have to be better than
that for the jobs we do.
And I put my hand out in partnership
to work with you and we'll call it
straight. And if you do the right
thing by New York, I'll say it.
And if you don't, I'll say it. And, uh,
that's the plain truth in this
situation. And since then, Howard,
he has been good in delivering
for New York. He has.
He has delivered for New York,
the Army Corps of engineers.
We built thousands of beds. He sent
the uh, Navy ship Comfort to New York.
He has delivered for New York.
Right. So in other words,
it seems to be a genuine working
relationship where things are working out.
Which comforts me, I guess.
It's not perfect, you know? What
relationship is perfect. And look,
there are incidents even during this
where he is taking shots at me and I have
taken shots at him, not gratuitous
shots, but by and large of his work.
Don't you think? Now, I
don't know this for a fact,
but do you think he's happy your brother
got coronavirus because he works for
CNN and he's been critical of Trump?
Do you think that he, you know,
like there's an enemy's list or something.
He has a confrontational relationship
with my brother. That is what it is.
I do not believe I, I'll
say this, he, the president,
always makes a point of
saying to me, 'How is Chris?
Is he doing okay?' And that's not
in his usual character. You know,
we're not chit chatty
when we're on the phone,
but he always makes a point to say
that about Chris and always remember my
mother. So I don't think
that, I don't think that,
I think part of it is genuine
personal feeling of anger.
Part of it is also a little
theater that goes with politics,
especially the way it's
happening now in Washington.
