Please welcome Donald J Trump!” That is how Michael Cohen could have introduced Trump on his New York radio show on Thursday. After all, Cohen used such terms to describe the US president in his testimony to Congress in 2019. But now Trump’s former personal lawyer and self-described fixer had different words: “boss” and “sir”.
Yes, the same Michael Cohen who claimed that Trump courted white supremacists and bigots and who arranged a $130,000 hush-money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels on his behalf. Trump, in turn, branded Cohen a “rat”. The mutual hatred was palpable.
Yet here we were with the Untruth and Reconciliation Commission on 77 WABC radio. Cohen delivered one of the most deferential, fawning, oleaginous and sycophantic interviews in modern broadcasting history. He rolled out the metaphorical red carpet for Trump.
He made appreciative noises in all the right places. He allowed the president’s lies to go unchallenged. Cohen is hardly the first Trump hater to lose their nerve.
Steve Bannon, Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis, Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, Elon Musk, Marco Rubio and JD Vance have all denounced him only to come crawling back. The motive is usually power or wealth. Cohen’s might be different.
The man who served prison time for his role in what he said was covering up Trump’s “dirty deeds” has submitted an application for a pardon. He also loves the attention. In a long pre-interview hype, demonstrating no spine, moral consistency or humility, he told listeners: “There may be no two people on this planet that have had the justice department weaponised against them more than Trump and I.
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