The Fixer
Michael Cohen fancied himself as Donald
Trump’s fixer, and to some extent he was. He describes his early life and his
over decade of working for Trump. However I was deeply disappointed with is
book because there is very little new here. We all know that Trump is a liar
and a cheat; he even cheated Cohen.
What is missing is that there is very
little detail on the inner workings of the Trump Organization. There is much
that he is not telling. He also tells us very little about how he achieved a modicum
of success prior to working for Trump and there is nary a word on the impact of
Uber/Lyft on his taxi medallion business which has likely gone into the toilet.
We do learn how Cohen did favors for
Jerry Falwell Jr. which paid big dividends for Trump with the evangelical
community in 2016. Specifically he got VIP tickets for his daughter for a
Justin Beaver concert and he kept a lid on Falwell’s wife’s dalliance with a
Florida pool boy, a scandal that would blow up later. And I did learn that
Trump aide Hope Hicks had an affair with campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
Most unsettling is the constant pleading
of his wife Laura and daughter Samantha to quit working for Trump. His family
knew what Trump was far better than him. However, Cohen was totally and
willingly seduced by Trump. Trump has his charms and I did meet him once nearly
three decades ago in business meeting. The charm was there, but there was no
way my firm was going to do business with him.
There is some merit as to his complaints
about his treatment from the U.S Attorney’s office for the Southern District of
New York. But then again he was not prosecuted for lying to the Congress the
first time he testified.
Thus there is not much here for a reader
who is somewhat knowledgeable about Trump and his business career prior to
becoming President.
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