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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:16 PM Aug 2020

DISLOYAL, THE FOREWORD: THE REAL REAL DONALD TRUMP

https://disloyalthebook.com/download-the-disloyal-foreword-written-by-michael-cohen/

Michael Cohen's book forward released!

Disloyal The Book

DISLOYAL, THE FOREWORD: THE REAL REAL DONALD TRUMP

The President of the United States wanted me dead.
Or, let me say it the way Donald Trump would: He wouldn’t mind if I was dead. That was how Trump talked. Like a mob boss, using language carefully calibrated to convey his desires and demands, while at the same time employing deliberate indirection to insulate himself and avoid actually ordering a hit on his former personal attorney, confidant, consigliere, and, at least in my heart, adopted son.

Driving south from New York City to Washington, DC on 1-95 on the cold, gray winter morning of February 24th, 2019, en route to testify against President Trump before both Houses of Congress, I knew he wanted me gone before I could tell the nation what I know about him. Not the billionaire celebrity savior of the country or lying lunatic, not the tabloid tycoon or self-anointed Chosen One, not the avatar @realdonaldtrump of Twitter fame, but the real real Donald Trump—the man very, very, very few people know.

If that sounds overly dramatic, consider the powers Trump possessed and imagine how you might feel if he threatened you personally. Heading south, I wondered if my prospects for survival were also going in that direction. I was acutely aware of the magnitude of Trump’s fury aimed directly at my alleged betrayal. I was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses and I kept the speedometer at eighty, avoiding the glances of other drivers. Trump’s theory of life, business and politics revolved around threats and the prospect of destruction—financial, electoral, personal, physical—as a weapon. I knew how he worked because I had frequently been the one screaming threats on his behalf as Trump’s fixer and designated thug.

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DISLOYAL, THE FOREWORD: THE REAL REAL DONALD TRUMP (Original Post) SheltieLover Aug 2020 OP
"kept the speedometer at 80" This guy just can't stop breaking the law ;-) BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #1
Ikr? SheltieLover Aug 2020 #2
Don't know if you have ever driven on I-95 in the Northeast...... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2020 #3
I've been on it many many times. Still, a guy wanting to "come clean" shouldn't be bragging about BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #5
Well, at least not in print! A HERETIC I AM Aug 2020 #21
Hahaha SheltieLover Aug 2020 #6
NJ speed limit on 95 is 65. (N.J. Turnpike) 3Hotdogs Aug 2020 #7
He was indeed slow at 80 mph -- I don't go toward DC regularly any more, but when Nay Aug 2020 #22
Yeah, and the cops may even pop you for going too slowly . . .at 80. Nay Aug 2020 #24
It is four years late to be revealing the "real" Trump. The damage is already done. ( n/t ) Make7 Aug 2020 #4
Yes but could help sway voters to Joe/Kamala SheltieLover Aug 2020 #8
We may need every little bit of help this election... Make7 Aug 2020 #13
I'm with you on this! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #14
I want this book!!! katmondoo Aug 2020 #9
I think it's coming out in Sept. SheltieLover Aug 2020 #11
Wowza. That's a pretty good foreword right there soothsayer Aug 2020 #10
I think so, too! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #12
Same here. Compelling. Newest Reality Aug 2020 #17
Yup SheltieLover Aug 2020 #18
Chilling; we are being warned, again. Good thing we'll have former AG Kamala Harris on board. nt Hekate Aug 2020 #15
Yes, but SheltieLover Aug 2020 #16
Ha ha. Oh wait, you're not joking. There are few ways to remove a potus, and that is not one of them Hekate Aug 2020 #19
But they should SheltieLover Aug 2020 #20
He wants to end the republic. That would do it, all right. Hekate Aug 2020 #23
I don't think so SheltieLover Aug 2020 #25

BamaRefugee

(3,483 posts)
1. "kept the speedometer at 80" This guy just can't stop breaking the law ;-)
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:23 PM
Aug 2020

Unless there's a special speed limit for felons that I don't know about.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
2. Ikr?
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:25 PM
Aug 2020

🤬

Seriously, DHS should remove him. After all, they are *supposed* to protect the country from terrorists.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)
3. Don't know if you have ever driven on I-95 in the Northeast......
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:29 PM
Aug 2020

but at 80, he was very likely one of the slowest on the road.

Drive 70 MPH on that highway and you'll be passed like you were tied to a post.

BamaRefugee

(3,483 posts)
5. I've been on it many many times. Still, a guy wanting to "come clean" shouldn't be bragging about
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:32 PM
Aug 2020

flouting laws, should he?

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)
21. Well, at least not in print!
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 06:02 PM
Aug 2020

But in all seriousness, people haul ass on 95, of that there can be no doubt.

I drove up to Connecticut from Jacksonville in 2018 and did the 750 miles to DC in just under 10 hours total time, including stops for fuel and the restroom, and I was by no means the fastest guy on the road.

3Hotdogs

(12,375 posts)
7. NJ speed limit on 95 is 65. (N.J. Turnpike)
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:33 PM
Aug 2020

Average actual speed is 78mph. You will be passed by 10% of cars if you are going 78.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
22. He was indeed slow at 80 mph -- I don't go toward DC regularly any more, but when
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 06:09 PM
Aug 2020

I did, I was going 90 and was right in with the regular traffic flow.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
24. Yeah, and the cops may even pop you for going too slowly . . .at 80.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 06:11 PM
Aug 2020

JUst kidding. But you'd get the side eye for impeding the flow of traffic.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
8. Yes but could help sway voters to Joe/Kamala
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:34 PM
Aug 2020

Or just get them to sit out the election out of disgust. 🤞

Make7

(8,543 posts)
13. We may need every little bit of help this election...
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:44 PM
Aug 2020

... but I still reserve the right to say, "Fuck Michael Cohen for helping Trump get to where he is today."

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
16. Yes, but
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 05:50 PM
Aug 2020

Truly, DHS needs to remove him. He is beyond unstable & has consistently demonstrated his intention to destroy our country.

It is DHS's job to protect the country.

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
19. Ha ha. Oh wait, you're not joking. There are few ways to remove a potus, and that is not one of them
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 06:00 PM
Aug 2020

We failed at impeachment. His Cabinet is not making a move.

That leaves assassination and a national election. One of those is illegal.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
25. I don't think so
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 06:12 PM
Aug 2020

I think it would bring the other traitors up short tbh.

But they won't take action anyway.

Patriarchy is always reactive, rather than proactive.

He is a very real, clear, and present danger to the republic.

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