President Trump Calls CNN’s Cuomo “Fredo” At the UN Summit
The president referred to CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo as “Fredo,” the fictional character from The Godfather as he defended Rudy Giuliani’s performance on Cuomo Prime Time show last Thursday.
President Trump responded to a reporter’s question about Giuliani’s interview by Cuomo about the Ukraine issue.
“I don’t watch CNN because it is fake news. But I watched Rudy take apart Fredo. Fredo’s performance was incompetent. Rudy took him apart,” said Trump. “The press doesn’t give him credit, because they take little tiny snippets wherever Rudy was a little bit, if he mispronounces a word they’ll show that. They won’t show the whole. Rudy Giuliani took Fredo to the cleaners. First time I’ve watched CNN in a long time. I hate to watch because it’s so fake.”
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President Trump on Rudy Giuliani's performance battling CNN's Chris Cuomo:
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 23, 2019
“I watched Rudy take apart Fredo. Fredo’s performance was incompetent. Rudy took him apart. ... Rudy Giuliani took Fredo to the cleaners” pic.twitter.com/WWTwllfGKV
Cuomo became unhinged last month when a man called him “Fredo.” The video of Cuomo losing his temper and threatening the man went viral.
In case you didn’t get to see it, here it is.
Watch:
A man in NY yesterday approached CNN's Chris Cuomo and called him "Fredo"
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 13, 2019
Cuomo: "You're going to have a problem"
Man: "What are you going to do about it?"
Cuomo: "I'll fuckin ruin your shit. I'll fucking throw you down these stairs"
Credit: "THAT'S THE POINT with Brandon" pic.twitter.com/4iWwzaSQpF
The CNN anchor will forever be known as “Fredo” as far as we’re concerned.