In his new book, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer who is currently serving a prison sentence, portrayed his ex-client as an elitist with little concern for those who support him if they aren’t from “the ruling class.”
According to Cohen’s tell-all book, “Disloyal: A Memoir,” as reported by NBC News on Tuesday, Trump held a deep admiration for Russian leader Vladimir Putin during the 2016 presidential race, admiration that was sparked by the now-President’s infatuation with wealth and power.
“Everyone other than the ruling class on earth was like an ant, to his way of thinking, their lives meaningless and always subject to the whims of the true rulers of the world,” Cohen wrote.
“The cosmic joke was that Trump convinced a vast swath of working-class white folks in the Midwest that he cared about their well-being,” the former attorney added. “The truth was that he couldn’t care less.”
When TPM asked for a response to Cohen’s comments, White House spokesperson Judd Deere pointed to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s previous remarks deriding the former attorney as a “disgraced felon and disbarred lawyer.”
“He has lost all credibility, and it’s unsurprising to see his latest attempt to profit off of lies,” she said.
Cohen is currently serving a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to tax fraud and campaign finance violations. The ex-lawyer told Congress that he had carried out the latter, which involved hush payments to several of Trump’s mistresses right before the 2016 election, at his client’s direction.
Trump views these people as being stupid.
Some are; some aren’t (I know a few on both sides of this equation).
The ones that aren’t too bright are easily convinced by a con-man (this one I know well). These are capable of being convinced of pretty much everything against their better interests. They will parrot what has been told to them.
Whether he said it or not, it’s true: he likes the uneducated. They are the easiest to convince of the most extraordinary ideas.
Cohen’s “news” is news to no one who has been paying attention. Can anyone name a single action besides “tax cuts”, which have really not been all that helpful to working class Americans, an action that actually helps the working class? :The Great Pretender is always yammering on about how he has “done more for fill-in-the-blank group than any President in history”, but there is no specific action that he or his campaign can actually use as as example.
I’m sure these people are ‘losers’. If they were ‘winners’ they would be ‘successful’ and buying a membership at Mar-a-Lago…
No one cares more for the working class than Donald Trump. People tell him that all the time.
Just ask him.
Not surprising at all