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Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
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“There was no way I was going to let this black fag win" [Trump said] (p. 106).
A local bookstore sold me a copy of Cohen’s book yesterday, a few days before its release, and I stayed up all night reading it. Cohen recounts how the evangelicals� choice for president cheated on his wife, hit on pageant contestants (“maybe we can catch a few of them in the back getting dressed,� p. 172), and watched live sex shows where a handicapped man wearing a “cock sock� sung God Bless America while a 300-pound woman “wearing a postage stamp-sized American flag bikini � began to grind on the man’s outsized penis, stroking and caressing it� (p. 180). Trump delighted in it all: “Now that guy is packing a missile � this freak can really sing� (p. 180). He recounts how he saw Trump sexually harass women: “I did see him corner pretty women in his office and forcibly kiss them as they recoiled� (p. 176). Trump even called Cohen’s 15-year-old daughter a “piece of ass� (p. 182), told her to kiss him, and asked “when did you get such a beautiful figure?� (p. 183).
Cohen reveals Trump’s “unhinged Archie Bunker racism� (p. 106), as if it wasn’t already clear. Noting that Trump said “South Africa was once a beautiful country twenty, thirty years ago � Mandela fucked the whole country up. Now it’s a shithole. Fuck Mandela� (p. 107). Talking about Obama, Trump said “the only reason he got into fucking Harvard Law School and Columbia was fucking affirmative action � Fuck him� (pp. 109-110). Trump asked “Tell me one country run by a black person that isn’t a shithole� (p. 107).
In painstaking detail, but with excellent writing and perfect clarity, Cohen documents how he became obsessed with and addicted to Trump�“I was like a junkie, mainlining the excitement� (p. 101); “I was like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings� (p. 105)—and the many immoral and illegal things he did for Trump. He outlines how Trump conned and exploited him from the outset, even though he was a loyal servant. Trump started their relationship with a lie, never offered to pay Cohen for his early work, and declined to pay for his first recorded ~$100,000 bill (“Invoice? � You want to get fired on your first day?,� p. 52). Despite all of this, Cohen literally got in a physical fist fight for Trump. Cohen also explains how others are making all the same mistakes, dedicating “our consciousness and consciences to him� p. 166). For example, he discuss how “Rudy Giuliani [is] committing harakiri for Trump� (p. 154).
Cohen documents Trump’s horrible judgment (e.g., he was touting the real estate market “only days before the global economy crashed,� p. 38). Cohen documents Trump’s horrible treatment of ordinary people, either refusing to pay them, or only paying “twenty percent of the invoice� (p. 168). Cohen documents Trump’s horrible treatment of his supposed “friends”—for example, conning Patricia Kluge and essentially disinheriting her son. In Cohen’s words, “A ‘friend� approaching Trump for assistance in a time of need was making a mistake of epic proportions� (p. 146). Cohen documents Trump’s utter dishonesty—for example, he outlines how Trump fabricated his Hawaii investigation into Obama’s birth on the spot. Cohen even spends an entire paragraph describing how much effort Trump goes through to do his hair�“Hair Force One� (p. 177).
The book is outstanding: revealing, depressing, important. The Appendices provide supporting documents. Probably the best insider book on Trump that will ever be published.
A local bookstore sold me a copy of Cohen’s book yesterday, a few days before its release, and I stayed up all night reading it. Cohen recounts how the evangelicals� choice for president cheated on his wife, hit on pageant contestants (“maybe we can catch a few of them in the back getting dressed,� p. 172), and watched live sex shows where a handicapped man wearing a “cock sock� sung God Bless America while a 300-pound woman “wearing a postage stamp-sized American flag bikini � began to grind on the man’s outsized penis, stroking and caressing it� (p. 180). Trump delighted in it all: “Now that guy is packing a missile � this freak can really sing� (p. 180). He recounts how he saw Trump sexually harass women: “I did see him corner pretty women in his office and forcibly kiss them as they recoiled� (p. 176). Trump even called Cohen’s 15-year-old daughter a “piece of ass� (p. 182), told her to kiss him, and asked “when did you get such a beautiful figure?� (p. 183).
Cohen reveals Trump’s “unhinged Archie Bunker racism� (p. 106), as if it wasn’t already clear. Noting that Trump said “South Africa was once a beautiful country twenty, thirty years ago � Mandela fucked the whole country up. Now it’s a shithole. Fuck Mandela� (p. 107). Talking about Obama, Trump said “the only reason he got into fucking Harvard Law School and Columbia was fucking affirmative action � Fuck him� (pp. 109-110). Trump asked “Tell me one country run by a black person that isn’t a shithole� (p. 107).
In painstaking detail, but with excellent writing and perfect clarity, Cohen documents how he became obsessed with and addicted to Trump�“I was like a junkie, mainlining the excitement� (p. 101); “I was like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings� (p. 105)—and the many immoral and illegal things he did for Trump. He outlines how Trump conned and exploited him from the outset, even though he was a loyal servant. Trump started their relationship with a lie, never offered to pay Cohen for his early work, and declined to pay for his first recorded ~$100,000 bill (“Invoice? � You want to get fired on your first day?,� p. 52). Despite all of this, Cohen literally got in a physical fist fight for Trump. Cohen also explains how others are making all the same mistakes, dedicating “our consciousness and consciences to him� p. 166). For example, he discuss how “Rudy Giuliani [is] committing harakiri for Trump� (p. 154).
Cohen documents Trump’s horrible judgment (e.g., he was touting the real estate market “only days before the global economy crashed,� p. 38). Cohen documents Trump’s horrible treatment of ordinary people, either refusing to pay them, or only paying “twenty percent of the invoice� (p. 168). Cohen documents Trump’s horrible treatment of his supposed “friends”—for example, conning Patricia Kluge and essentially disinheriting her son. In Cohen’s words, “A ‘friend� approaching Trump for assistance in a time of need was making a mistake of epic proportions� (p. 146). Cohen documents Trump’s utter dishonesty—for example, he outlines how Trump fabricated his Hawaii investigation into Obama’s birth on the spot. Cohen even spends an entire paragraph describing how much effort Trump goes through to do his hair�“Hair Force One� (p. 177).
The book is outstanding: revealing, depressing, important. The Appendices provide supporting documents. Probably the best insider book on Trump that will ever be published.
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Great review, Justin! I thought I was a bit Trumped-out until I read the line: ' ... watched live sex shows where a handicapped man wearing a “cock sock� sung God Bless America ...' Mind-boggling depravity and sense of entitlement.
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How many more of these "Kiss and Tell" Trump stories do we need? What you see about Trump, in front or behind the scenes, is what we seem to get, love him or hate him. If, apart from the money spinning shekhels to be made, it is hoped to be adversely affect his campaign for re-election, I think it could be seriously counter-productive. there
John Anthony wrote: "How many more of these "Kiss and Tell" Trump stories do we need? What you see about Trump, in front or behind the scenes, is what we seem to get, love him or hate him. If, apart from the money spin..."Of course, it is definitely preaching to the converted by now. And Cohen is by no means a saint himself. Which only seems to elevate the level of seediness here.
I see Skyhorse Publishing released Woody Allen's autobiography as well.
John Anthony wrote: "Enough said!".... And there is yet another book coming out, the Bob Woodward one.
Gerhard wrote: "Great review, Justin! I thought I was a bit Trumped-out until I read the line: ' ... watched live sex shows where a handicapped man wearing a “cock sock� sung God Bless America ...' Mind-boggling d..."Thank you!
What struck me most, and repeatedly, was the way he manipulates the press. Cohen let's us in on how dangerous it is to chase Trumps lies and how eagerly the press goes for it with even his most obvious lies. That explains why so many people no longer look at the legitimate press as reliable. He (Cohen) explains how they use media to repeat lies until even Trump believes it.
I really liked this book too. Great review!
I enjoyed this review very much. Well said.
After that review I don’t think I could read this book. Loved your review but I will pass.
I'm reading this, and this is why this old tired plea that Michael Cohen is telling the truth, is just another rag trying to be relevant. PROOF, not just someone saying things in order to sell a book to liberals. Gode this book sucked.
