President Donald Trump proved this week that he’s not one for holding grudges when circumstances change.
The president participated in an unlikely interview with his former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, who has his own show on 77 WABC Radio — the show is expected to air in its entirety on Sunday.
“Hello, Michael,” Trump said very cordially, to begin the exchange.
Cohen was a key witness in the 2024 sham hush-money case brought against Trump, which resulted in a New York jury finding him guilty on 34 trumped-up felony counts of falsifying business records.
“And then they weaponized you like nobody’s ever been weaponized — like few have been,” Trump said.
“Maybe just you and I, sir,” Cohen said about being weaponized.
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“Yeah, me too, but I don’t consider mine — you know, mine was at a level that nobody’s ever seen before,” the president responded. “I respect the fact that you recanted everything that you said, and that’s a big thing that you did.”
Cohen had his own legal problems, being sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations, tax evasion, bank fraud, and lying to Congress — he spent more than a year behind bars.
He has seemingly turned over a new leaf when it comes to his former boss, with Cohen making efforts to reconcile with Trump. A door that was opened by Trump, Cohen said last month on WABC’s “Cats & Cosby” radio talk show.
“Out of nowhere, when I was sitting with my wife at a restaurant, my phone buzzed and it was a text from that friend who expressed to me the president’s genuine empathy for the hell that I was being dragged through … I deeply appreciated that text,” Cohen said. “I actually texted the president. I thanked him. Expressed my sincere hope that this long, exhausting feud between the two of us could finally end.”
Trump replied “almost immediately,” according to Cohen, who said the president suggested that it was “actually time for us to meet.”
Cohen’s interview with Trump includes discussions about polls, the economy, the Southern border and the military operations in Venezuela and Iran, according to The Hill.
“Look, there would be no Israel if there was not a Donald Trump president,” Cohen said. “I believe the Middle East would have been entirely wiped out, but Israel.”
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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