What I knew to be
true before 2015…
I have just finished the book
called Disloyal… by Michael Cohen.. who was Trump’s personal lawyer… Before and
after the election.
He starts out the book with
the sentence of disclaimer… “After or during reading this book, you will not
like me”… And he is pretty close to
right. It wasn’t that I didn’t like him, it was more I was disgusted that a
person would do the things he did. All
for power and greed on the lower level.. which he admits. He also talks about being ashamed of what he
did. How disgusted his wife and children were with him. He apologizes a great deal to them.
Then he proceeds to tell us
all, what and how he did and how he ended up in the web called Trump. From the beginning when he did a small job
for Trump and did it for free… which became a routine of Trump’s. The end is when he went into disgraces of
lowering himself to the point of not even recognizing himself.. And once he started .. became a target of
Trump.
I have read several books about
Trump, not the Woodward one tho. I found
John Bolton’s to be of great interest of how the White House politics works. I
never saw the show called West Wing… maybe if I had, I wouldn’t be surprise at
the back biting, and belittling of others there. But I guess that is in any office across America… come
to think of it. But the book was more of
a lesson in government. It was of
interest to me about Trump and how he handle Ukraine situation… as he was in the
room during the conversation. I wasn’t expecting much..
I found the niece’s book more
interesting. And it backed up my thoughts of the family behind Trump. As I always thought Trump’s father was an
ass. I read thru out the years, different magazine articles about Trump. Before
the election. Most of it was about the
time he was doing his tv show. I didn’t like the show because he was arrogant
and braggart. But she goes further in to the upbring of Trump and his
siblings. I guess in a way you can think
of Sr. Trump as the culture of old Germany. PreHilter. Where fathers were pretty rough on
their sons… and not much better on their daughters. And because he was such an ass, his oldest
son became an alcoholic. He as an adult
to have a life of his own.. and he actually was doing pretty well, but the
father made fun of him. Calling him a airplane taxi driver (he had his own
flying company) Worked hard to get
inside the son’s head and destroyed him. Making him come back to the family. And Trump was brought up as the Golden child
by not only his father but his mother as well. But even he got the tongue
lashings and put downs. Making Donald work harder to please his father. So
found that book to be interesting. Some of
the other books were ok, but to me they really didn’t get to the core.
Before 2015 and the election,
my knowledge of Trump was interesting and disgusting at the same time. I didn’t
care for him to start off, because he would show up to different movie stars
and some political parties with his first wife on his arm.. Always positioning
himself to walk in front of the camera’s covering the event. Or come around in
the background.. He was a name dropper..
I took him to be what I call a ‘WANT TO BE” That is someone who wants to be a
member of the club (no matter what club) and does anything to be or try to show
others he is.
Then there was the
Apprentice… another blowhard, arrogant, name dropping show case.. but this time
he is the star…
At about that time.. second
year, I think. Stories started to pop
up. Talks of his water company, his
shirt company, his steak company… all went bankrupt. Also how his N.J. casino was a bust. (I also remember the stories of the dirty
tricks he did to get that put in) .. Slowly stories were coming out of the
woodwork.
Somewhere around there, was
his first attempt for the elections.. but got mostly laughed out of it. His desperate need to push Obama’s birth
certificates lies.
But in late 2014 he got
serious about the election.. he and about 17 others. We were all laughing. . Then watched in horror as good men went to
the way side.. and he won. Even after
all the stories of his bankruptcies, the manhandling of sub contractors and
etc.. The women .. his own nasty words about women. It was unbelievable. The division of people.. families, friends,
the protestors and burning of business and then the capper.. the VIRUS.
So reading Michael Cohen’s
book, I got to see that all the stories that I knew about… were true.. his book not only tell you about it.. but how
it happen, who did what.. the background.
And why do I believe him? Because
he was there. He even was the helper, sometimes even the idea guy. And when
they all came up with what to do to get their way.. he was the enforcer. He
knew who to contract to make things work.
Or to stop people who were telling the truth. All of the dirty tricks of
politic (because those of us over 60 know how dirty politic can be). Trump talks about FAKE NEWS.. he is the
inventor of Fake News… and Cohen knew
who to call to put in the fake news..
The lies that were told and published by their good friends especially
in the rag called newspaper, THE ENQUIRER…
So many dirty lies.. And how cheap Trump was by not pay full price of
anything.. and stiffing sub contractors as well as friends over different money
deals.. It is all there in the
book. Again I think he told the truth,
because why would he tell his part in all of this. That in his idolizing of
Trump to be near him, to make money, to have the power to go on television and
promote Trump. People coming to him for advice as well as the inside of things
that they could use to work for Trump against his naysayers. Why would he? Unless it is the truth. I for one believe him… I wonder how history will treat this 10
years later.. wish I could be around to read it.
