Donald Trump Is Teaching Todd Blanche To Be His Roy Cohn
President Trump was taught first by his father and later by the infamous mob lawyer.
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With the focus on Roy Cohn in the wake of the publication of Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark’s book, I decided to give my take on Cohn and Donald Trump.
Cohn taught Trump six lessons for dealing with the law, the media, and other institutions. I found a list of Cohn’s rules in an excerpt from Thom Hartmann’s The Last American President.
- Never apologize or admit wrongdoing, ever.
- Always counter-attack, and always with greater force than you received.
- Use the legal system as a weapon, not a recourse for justice.
- Manipulate the media ruthlessly.
- Use fear as both shield and sword.
- Build a fortress of loyalty around yourself.
Trump, not noted for his academic prowess, has been nothing if not a straight-A student in Professor Cohn’s class.
While you’re here enjoying DonkeyHotey’s latest cartoon, please take a moment to read these articles on related topics:
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The cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Donald Trump caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY 4.0), Roy Cohn caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY 4.0), Todd Blanche caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY-SA 4.0), and bodies (The White House / Wikimedia – PD).