(CNN) Donald Trump, the President from Queens running the country, is keeping a close eye on Andrew Cuomo, the governor from Queens running his home state.

The high-profile political leaders know each other well and have for years. Trump has even given thousands of dollars in the past to advance both Cuomo's political career and that of his father, former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Their shared complex history -- and their ability to shift between scorn and praise in mere hours -- has been on full display over the past month, with back-and-forth briefings that are alternately frosty and supportive.

That dynamic was on full display Thursday night, when the President told Sean Hannity on Fox News that he was "getting along" with Cuomo but slammed the governor for wanting tens of thousands of ventilators, which the President doubts are necessary.

"And they say, like Governor Cuomo and others, that say we want 30,000 of them. 30,000. Think of this," Trump told Hannity. "You go to hospitals who have, don't even have one, in a hospital and all of a sudden everybody is asking for vast numbers."

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