Disloyal: A Memoir - Michael Cohen's book

[Firestone]

"Disloyal: A Memoir", by Michael Cohen, is the next in line anti Trump book.

Not sure what impact it can and will have, as Michael Cohen is, ... , well, Michael Cohen.

But there are some interesting things in the book, according to CNN: In tell-all book, Michael Cohen says Trump hired a 'Faux-Bama' during White House run

The "funniest" thing is about "Faux-Bama":

Trump's disdain for Obama was so extreme that he took his fixation a step further, according to Cohen: Trump hired a "Faux-Bama" to participate in a video in which Trump "ritualistically belittled the first black president and then fired him."
Cohen's book, "Disloyal: A Memoir," doesn't name the man who was allegedly hired to play Obama or provide a specific date for the incident, but it does include a photograph of Trump sitting behind a desk, facing a Black man wearing a suit with an American flag pin affixed to the lapel. On Trump's desk are two books, one displaying Obama's name in large letters.

Whatever one thinks about Cohen, there is much truth in his judgment about US media:

"Donald Trump's presidency is a product of the free press," he writes. "Not free as in freedom of expression, I mean free as unpaid for. Rallies broadcast live, tweets, press conferences, idiotic interviews, 24-7 wall-to-wall coverage, all without spending a penny. The free press gave America Trump."
"Right, left, moderate, tabloid, broadsheet, television, radio, Internet, Facebook -- that is who elected Trump and might well elect him again."

(bolding mine)

 

[Stacyhs]

I have to agree with that. The twenty-four hour news had to fill up the time and Trump certainly gave them all the material they needed. The one thing I have to give Trump credit for is he certainly knows how to keep himself in the news and to manipulate the media.

 

[Cain]

From WaPo: Cohen writes that before winning the presidency, Trump held a meeting at Trump Tower with prominent evangelical leaders, where they laid their hands on him in prayer. Afterward, Trump allegedly said: “Can you believe that bulls--t? Can you believe people believe that bulls--t?”

They're losers and suckers.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

It seems more and more clear that Trump is the result of Fox crowning Trump as their replacement for Roger Alies, and Cohen using the Pecker Blackmail Vault to extort support for Trump.

 

[Minoosh]

It seems more and more clear that Trump is the result of Fox crowning Trump as their replacement for Roger Alies, and Cohen using the Pecker Blackmail Vault to extort support for Trump.

Nothing to do with wall-to-wall coverage of his rallies by the likes of CNN? Or other somewhat "left" media relying on his scandals to fill air time?

I think that's quite an insight from Cohen. I'll circumvent paywalls when possible, but many people think they shouldn't have to pay for content. Me, I don't even use ad block. I have no problem with news organizations trying to monetize their online coverage.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Nothing to do with wall-to-wall coverage of his rallies by the likes of CNN? Or other somewhat "left" media relying on his scandals to fill air time?

I think that's quite an insight from Cohen. I'll circumvent paywalls when possible, but many people think they shouldn't have to pay for content. Me, I don't even use ad block. I have no problem with news organizations trying to monetize their online coverage.

Trump would have never made it on the debate stage if the RNC had been unified against him.

 

[Craig4]

The only way this book will have an impact is if Cohen says he gave money to women to get abortions. I don't think there's anything else he could say that would matter. There's a segment of the Evangelical Right that would stay home if Cohen could substantiate that Trump paid for abortions. It could be enough to move the needle in Georgia and North Carolina.

 

[acbytesla]

From WaPo: Cohen writes that before winning the presidency, Trump held a meeting at Trump Tower with prominent evangelical leaders, where they laid their hands on him in prayer. Afterward, Trump allegedly said: “Can you believe that bulls--t? Can you believe people believe that bulls--t?”

Wow! I agree with Trump on something.

 

[chrispy]

Some more alarming nuggets from the book.

According to The Guardian, Cohen talks about Trump's history of racist remarks, calling Black and Latino voters "Too stupid to vote for Trump" among other things.

He also claims Trump made a comment to Cohen about Cohen's then 15 year old daughter, calling her a "Piece of ass. I would love some of that", apparently unaware of who she was when he said it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-trump-racist-outbursts-stormy-daniels-russia

 

[Craig4]

Some more alarming nuggets from the book.

According to The Guardian, Cohen talks about Trump's history of racist remarks, calling Black and Latino voters "Too stupid to vote for Trump" among other things.

He also claims Trump made a comment to Cohen about Cohen's then 15 year old daughter, calling her a "Piece of ass. I would love some of that", apparently unaware of who she was when he said it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-trump-racist-outbursts-stormy-daniels-russia

Well, Qannon should be happy. We finally found a pedophile at the highest levels of government.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

He also claims Trump made a comment to Cohen about Cohen's then 15 year old daughter, calling her a "Piece of ass. I would love some of that", apparently unaware of who she was when he said it.

I doubt it would have made any difference if he did know who she was, given that he's said the same thing about his own daughter.

 

[chrispy]

I doubt it would have made any difference if he did know who she was, given that he's said the same thing about his own daughter.

Ewww. I totally forgot about that. There goes sleep tonight. Thanks.

 

[alfaniner]

I bet Trump is going to call the book "Disgruntled" and dismiss it as the rantings of a guy who got fired. It's petty enough and dumb enough that I believe he'll do it.

 

[Venom]

Judging from comments of Trumpers on social media these little tidbits from Cohen's book are barely making a dent in his base. They are deflecting so hard it's embarrassing.

But it's still early. Give it a couple more weeks.

 

[Stacyhs]

The Trumpers will say you can't believe Cohen because he's a known liar and felon. What they'll so conveniently forget is that the reason he's a known liar and felon is because he was protecting TRUMP.

Isn't it ironic that they won't believe Cohen who lied for Trump, but they'll believe Trump who lies to them several times every single day?

 

[alfaniner]

I remember predicting a when he got convicted that it might be a problem for Trump when Cohen got released from prison and writes a tell-all book. I hope it's a big problem, but the way things are going, not expecting it to be.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

It is accepted GOP election doctrine that Minorities are too stupid to vote Republican.

 

[Firestone]

The weird thing with all these Trump books, or articles like that in The Atlantic about disrespect toward veterans, or the Mueller report, or the recent Senate report, is that all we actually learn from them are (sometimes juicy) titbits.

But Trump, each and every day, in tweets or "briefings", actions and inactions, shows us who and what he is. There is no 3d chess, "he is what he is". The books, articles, and reports just confirm it.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

The weird thing with all these Trump books, or articles like that in The Atlantic about disrespect toward veterans, or the Mueller report, or the recent Senate report, is that all we actually learn from them are (sometimes juicy) titbits.

But Trump, each and every day, in tweets or "briefings", actions and inactions, shows us who and what he is. There is no 3d chess, "he is what he is". The books, articles, and reports just confirm it.

The only real exception I can think of is Wolff's account of Trump&Co in the time leading up to election night. He describes a Trump who does not expect to win, does not want to win, and even reassures a worried Ivanka (I think - it might have been Melania) that he's not going to win. He describes a shocked Trump on election night, and Melania "crying tears, and not of joy". He then describes a Trump who went from surprised, to horrified, to fully convinced he would make a great American president.

It fits with his acceptance speech, where he looks like he's seen a ghost, and all the weird things he did during the election campaign (although all of them were in character, in hindsight some of them also give the impression he was doing a kind of self-sabotage). It fits the famous footage of Ivanka looking anything but happy, smiling only when her husband looks at her.

I was going to say it also explains why Trump has never really put forth any real policies, mostly just vague stuff like "build a wall", "throw out all the illegals", and "repeal Obamacare and replace it with... something", but honestly, I think that's just Trump. Otherwise he'd have come up with something the nearly four years' he's been POTUS.

 

[BobTheCoward]

It looks like the trump video of Obama came out? Unless someone took a quick editing pass on it before release, it looks like a promotional video rather than something for a "private" collection.