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babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 08:49 PM Aug 2018

Omarosa Says Trump Asked Cohen To Protect Him From Melania

Sounds plausible to me. And ewwww.

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/08/21/omarosa-trump-cohen-melania.html

Posted on Tue, Aug 21st, 2018 by Jason Easley
Omarosa Says Trump Asked Cohen To Protect Him From Melania


Trump’s bad day gets even worse as Omarosa dropped a new tape and told Chris Matthews that Trump asked Michael Cohen to protect him from his wife.

Video @ link~

After playing the tape of Cohen aboard Trump’s campaign plane in September 2016, Chris Matthews asked Omarosa, “Do you know the president told him to lie for the purpose of paying off those women that it was really a campaign contribution?”

Omarosa answered, “I can’t say if he asked him to lie, but he certainly asked him to protect Donald Trump, to protect him from his wife and the country and help him get elected.”

Trump asked Michael Cohen To Protect Him From His Wife

Omarosa brought up an interesting point. Trump wasn’t just using Cohen to win an election. He was also trying to protect himself from his wife finding out about his affairs. Trump likes to pretend like he is a strong man, but a real strong man would never cheat on his wife. Only a truly weak and insecure man would cheat like Trump has and then go to the lengths that he did to cover it up.

Michael Cohen is going to jail in part because Donald Trump is afraid of his wife and too immature to face the consequences of his own actions. Trump tried to hide his affairs from his wife and the entire country, and resulting criminal conspiracy could run him out of office and send him to prison.

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Omarosa Says Trump Asked Cohen To Protect Him From Melania (Original Post) babylonsister Aug 2018 OP
I would love to hear that tape! at140 Aug 2018 #1
a strong man Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #2
Exactly, because he has no appeal to babylonsister Aug 2018 #11
Does she even care? madaboutharry Aug 2018 #3
I really had always assumed PatSeg Aug 2018 #8
Melly "knew he was a snake before she took him in", Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #4
A messy divorce from Melania would destroy his ego. joshcryer Aug 2018 #5
She found out anyway did she not? GusBob Aug 2018 #6
Several people have said more women were paid off Danascot Aug 2018 #7
Trump fears and resents everyone eleny Aug 2018 #9
Careful. That's their defense strategy pamela Aug 2018 #10
Yeah, Edwards' political career is flourishing. BannonsLiver Aug 2018 #12
He needed Melania's support during campaign- the way she defended him in Anderson Cooper interview wishstar Aug 2018 #13
More accurately, he wanted to be protected from Melania's divorce attorney dflprincess Aug 2018 #14

PatSeg

(47,482 posts)
8. I really had always assumed
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 09:54 PM
Aug 2018

that Melania knew about the affairs and probably was glad it kept him away from her, as long as he didn't humiliate her publicly.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
4. Melly "knew he was a snake before she took him in",
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 08:56 PM
Aug 2018

to paraphrase the only poetry BigBoy is aware of.

"Marry for money; earn every penny."

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
5. A messy divorce from Melania would destroy his ego.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 09:03 PM
Aug 2018

He is terrified of her finding enough to get out of the prenup. The prenup likely has an embarrassment clause in there somewhere. The only reason she hasn't pulled the trigger is because she wants to see how things play out. If he winds up impeached she'd win the ensuing trial without a doubt.

Danascot

(4,690 posts)
7. Several people have said more women were paid off
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 09:51 PM
Aug 2018

maybe lots more. People making that claim include include Bannon, Guilliani and Avenatti.

pamela

(3,469 posts)
10. Careful. That's their defense strategy
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 10:13 PM
Aug 2018

"I didn't pay off those women because I was worried voters would find out. I paid because I was worried my wife would find out." AKA the John Edwards defense. Which worked, btw.

wishstar

(5,270 posts)
13. He needed Melania's support during campaign- the way she defended him in Anderson Cooper interview
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 10:58 PM
Aug 2018

It wasn't so much that he didn't want to hurt her or make her mad personally, but strategically for his election chances he knew that if she found about about his affairs she would not have so publicly supported him and been willing to dismiss the groping accusations and excuse the Access Hollywood tape the way she did in that interview she gave in October to help him.

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)
14. More accurately, he wanted to be protected from Melania's divorce attorney
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 11:12 PM
Aug 2018

Personally, I think she's as bad as Trump and I wish she could be hauled off to prison with the rest of his crooked family.

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