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BigmanPigman

(55,822 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 03:29 AM 18 hrs ago

Micheal Cohen is pals with tRump again?

I don't get it. Is there something wrong with my memory? He went to prison for tRump, didn't he? What the hell?!?!?

Michael Cohen says an unexpected text repaired his relationship with Trump | CNN Politics https://share.google/OBHGoVXyxxKswCIKl

"Michael Cohen and Donald Trump have reportedly mended their relationship as of July 2026, marking a significant turn after years of public legal and personal feuding. Cohen, who once called Trump a "con man" and "cheat," now claims the "ice has broken" between them."

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unblock

(56,320 posts)
3. Doesn't seem at all in keeping for Donnie to effectively reward him for all the stuff he's revealed
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 04:30 AM
17 hrs ago

Money may be involved, sure, but I just don't see this happening without some kind of serious threat involved.

SunSeeker

(58,464 posts)
4. He didn't reveal all that much, plus Donnie gets his jollies getting critics to grovel back to him.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 04:40 AM
17 hrs ago

And Cohen is apparently fine with groveling if it will get him more Trump viewers on his podcast, since he wasn’t getting any Dem viewers. He has no other way to make money. He has been disbarred, so he can no longer practice law.

What Trump is getting from Cohen, besides the sadistic thrill of making a critic grovel, is pretty helpful testimony.

As the CNN article notes, Cohen has been vocal that he felt “coerced” by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “to only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government’s desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump.” Those kind of statements will be helpful in Trump’s attempts to discredit James and Bragg.

And one other thing Cohen has been steadfast about is that he says he didn’t see Trump with Epstein or doing any Epstein type misconduct. Trump loves having Cohen saying that, in this moment when Epstein has been such a huge, damaging issue for Trump. That sort of support from a “critic” is very politically valuable for Trump.

Omnipresent

(7,558 posts)
5. Trump's popularity is in an unstoppable decline.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 05:52 AM
16 hrs ago

What crumbs Cohen thinks he can get from maga, won’t be enough to help him.

tetedur

(1,430 posts)
6. In one of his books, Cohen wrote Trump saw a fifteen year old girl at one of his venues
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:10 AM
15 hrs ago

and made some lewd comments. When Cohen pointed out that she was his daughter, Trump said something to the effect of "Well she is hot." Subsequently she had to kiss Trump. She was disgusted.

Now Cohen says he doesn't think Trump was interested in little girls.

That tells me all I need to know about Michael Cohen.

wiggs

(8,885 posts)
8. IMHO Cohen was never completely forthcoming about what he knew about TSF. Agreed that TSF lies and
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 10:06 AM
12 hrs ago

is racist, but claimed to know nothing about ties with Russia.

Kabuki theater

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