Michael Cohen tells NBCNightlyNews that he believes his former boss is a racist 'cult leader' who would be wise to resign before he's faced with potential criminal charges.
"I, of course, said to him, 'Well that's not really true,'" Cohen continued."He goes, 'No, only the Blacks could live this way.'"
After former South African President Nelson Mandela died in 2013, Cohen said, Trump"asked me if I had known of any country that's run by a Black that's not an s---hole."Cohen also spoke about Trump's"hatred" for former President Barack Obama. Cohen said the disdain"basically starts and with the fact that he's Black and that he was the first Black president in this country.
And while Cohen said Trump worked to create the public perception that he was not bothered by Obama's ribbing at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Cohen revealed that the president was quite upset.Cohen recalled that Trump hired an Obama impersonator to take part in a video with him to mock Obama in 2012. Cohen described the effort as"Project Faux-Bama."
"Of course, you know, the script being written, Obama did not come out looking good in this script," Cohen said."And this was supposed to go out on Trump's social media platform. It was ultimately decided that it was not a smart move for him to do. And this, of course, was all going on during the birther — 'Birther-gate,' as we'll call it.
. He was released in July to serve the rest of the sentence from home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Cohen turned on Trump as he was under federal investigation in 2018 and later gave dramatic testimony before Congress lambasting the president."He readily admits to lying routinely but expects people to believe him now so that he can make money from book sales," White House deputy press secretary Brian Morgenstern said in a statement.
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