Politics & Government

'Good Riddance': Trump Moves To Florida, Delighting NY Officials

The Queens-born president said he made Florida his primary residence because New York officials have treated him "very badly."

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to the White House after a weekend at Camp David on Sept. 1.
President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to the White House after a weekend at Camp David on Sept. 1. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

NEW YORK — Goodbye to all that. President Donald Trump has moved his official address from New York to Florida — and his home state's leaders are happy to see him go.

"Good riddance," Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "It's not like Mr. Trump paid taxes here anyway. He's all yours, Florida."

The Queens-born president filed paperwork in a Palm Beach County court to change his primary residence from Manhattan to his Mar-a-Lago estate in September, The New York Times reported Thursday.

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Trump confirmed the news on Twitter, saying he was pushed out by political leaders who treated him "very badly" even though he paid "millions of dollars" in taxes each year.

"I hated having to make this decision, but in the end it will be best for all concerned," Trump tweeted. "As President, I will always be there to help New York and the great people of New York. It will always have a special place in my heart!"

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But the feeling may not be mutual. Some 77 percent of New York City voters had an unfavorable opinion of Trump in a Siena College poll published Oct. 15.

Mayor Bill de Blasio — who recently made his own failed run for Trump's job — had a simple piece of advice for the president: "Don’t let the door hit you on the way out or whatever."

"Our deepest condolences to the good people of Florida as Trump attempts to outrun his past (and near future)," de Blasio said on Twitter.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson echoed Cuomo's sentiments, with more capital letters: "GOOD RIDDANCE!!" he tweeted. And de Blasio's wife, first lady Chirlane McCray, kept her parting words short and not so sweet.

"Boy, bye," she said on Twitter, adding a waving hand emoji.

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