'Dead to Each Other': Team Trump Prepares to 'Bury' Michael Cohen, 'Weakling' and 'Traitor'

[DonViejo]

This could get ugly.

BETSY WOODRUFF
ASAWIN SUEBSAENG

07.26.18 9:30 PM ET

As President Donald Trump absorbed the news that Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney and notorious “fixer,” had released a secret recording of the two of them, he did what he usually does in such situations: swore and groused loudly.

Two sources who have spoken to Trump about Cohen this week said the president was furious—hurling “expletives,” per one confidant—after CNN revealed Cohen had covertly recorded at least one of their conversations. On Tuesday, the cable network published audio, provided to it by Cohen’s attorney, of Trump and his former fixer discussing purchasing the rights to former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal’s story alleging she had an affair with Trump.

American Media Inc. (AMI), the parent company of the National Enquirer, owns the rights to the story. And David Pecker, a longtime Trump ally, helmed AMI. But, according to a source familiar with the Trump-Cohen conversation, Pecker had told Trump he was considering leaving AMI, prompting fears in Trumpland that a new leader at the company could decide to publish McDougal’s story. Such fears prompted Trump and Cohen to look into buying the rights to the story themselves, according to the source. Ultimately, Pecker stayed at AMI and Trump opted not to purchase the story rights.

Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s attorney, told The Daily Beast he had “no knowledge” of the discussion between Trump and Pecker. A spokesperson for AMI did not respond to a request for comment on the matter.

After audio of the call surfaced, the president conveyed to those close to him that he felt betrayed by Cohen. He was particularly irate at being clandestinely recorded and that audio had found its way to, of all places, CNN, a frequent target of Trump’s tweets. Trump also vented his frustration that there are apparently other tapes out there, and that he doesn’t know exactly what could be on them, or when they’ll drop in the press.

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[Cha]

1. trump is a Weaking.. Putin's Pooch.

Filthy traitor.

[Eyeball_Kid]

6. You apparently forgot to add "coward" to the description.

Trumpy has shown that he's a coward from day one of his candidacy in 2015. It's been in plain sight. All but his Fanboys should have noticed. When Trumpy refuses to show his tax returns, he's not acting heroically or bravely. He's acting like a coward. He's AFRAID to show his tax returns. He's afraid that his brand will collapse. He's afraid that he'll be known as a debt-riddled con artist. He's afraid that the truth will get out. That's what his refusals have been all about. His Fanboys think he's strong and decisive, that he's their version of an authoritarian who can take control and run the country into a white racist deathtrap, which is exactly what they want. But, right under their noses, and on a daily basis, Trumpy displays his cowardice. Then he meets with Putin and displays his weakness to Putin's thumb. Putin is pressing on Trumpy's head with one thumb, and Trumpy is crying uncle, while pretending to be a strong leader "making America great".

The first thing Trumpy can do to rehabilitate himself from being weakling and a coward is to release all of his tax returns. But he doesn't have the balls. He IS a coward and a weakling.

[Corgigal]

2. Dumb ass.

Do it, fight. The only person with something to lose is Trump and family. Could just make this quicker. Talk, throw out documents.

Can't wait. This crap should have been done years ago.

[stopbush]

3. Don't they realize that by calling Cohen a traitor they are confirming

that what he is saying is probably true? That he is betraying damaging factual information about tRump?

[vlyons]

4. I really don't care about their in-fighting

They are all degenerate criminals and dirtier than a pig in a mud wallow.

[peekaloo]

5. Did he bang his shoe on Jr.'s head while ranting?

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. David Pecker is the "David" mentioned in the tape.

So they were talking, on the tape, of giving Pecker money to pass on to McDougal, sounds like.

I would love it if a tape surfaced of one of Trump's infamous temper tantrums. He has them often, it has been reported,
screams, swears and throws things...huge "King Baby" outbursts.

[uncle ray]

11. pecker had already owned McDougal's story, as well as others.

team two scoops wanted to get this info into their own hands so it would never get out, should something happen to pecker.

[gratuitous]

8. "This screenplay is just too preposterous! You named the media mogul Pecker? Really?"

"What's next? You gonna have the main character's oldest son and namesake leave his wife and kids from some media slattern? I'd rather do Freddy Got Fingered 2."

[Blue_true]

9. Cohen could be Trump's Alexander Butterfields, the guy that tapped Nixon. nt

[triron]

10. Cohen should avoid drinking any tea.

[triron]

12. kick for visibility

[Scurrilous]

13. It's modified limited hangout time!

[Buns_of_Fire]

14. Which one will call the other a "big doo-doo head" on Twitter first?

I'm taking bets. Currently, Rump is favored, 25-1.

[BSdetect]

15. Just more OOJ?

Obstruction of justice.

[Orsino]

16. The cycle of the narcissist: bing and purge. n/t

[struggle4progress]

17. "It's not personal. It's strictly business"