Why Cohen’s Betrayal Terrifies Trump

Politico: “He has called himself a ‘great loyalty freak.’ He has said he values loyalty ‘above everything else—more than brains, more than drive.’ And one of his greatest strengths, at least of a certain sort, always has been his ability to engender unwavering, slavish, even sycophantic allegiance. But it’s also been so brutally, consistently one-sided, and the Cohen flip brings to the fore the fragility of Trump’s transactional brand of loyalty and potentially its ultimate incompatibility with the presidency.”

”This is not some tabloid or Twitter tit-for-tat. The stakes are of course incomparably higher. And Trump’s long span of quiet about Cohen was so out of character it suggested even he understands the reality of his legal jeopardy. For the first time, it appeared, a once biddable lapdog had turned around and bitten the boss—hard.”

Said Trump biographer Michael D’Antonio: “He is terrified. This is 40 years of deceit coming home to torment him.”