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Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve

The Guardian UK · 21 August 2026 at 02:11

Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve

Fawning, deferential, oleaginous – this was the Untruth and Reconciliation Commission as Trump called in to 77 WABC “Our next guest is a ‘ racist ’, a ‘ conman ’ and a ‘ cheat ’ – someone who behaves more like a ‘mobster’ than a president.

Please welcome Donald J Trump!” That is how Michael Cohen could have introduced Trump on his New York radio show on Thursday.

After all, Cohen used such terms to describe the US president in his testimony to Congress in 2019.

But now Trump’s former personal lawyer and self-described fixer had different words: “boss” and “sir”.

Just like old times.

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Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve

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