{"id":5175,"date":"2026-07-07T22:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5175"},"modified":"2026-07-07T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:06:11","slug":"michael-cohen-says-an-unexpected-text-repaired-his-relationship-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5175","title":{"rendered":"Michael Cohen says an unexpected text repaired his relationship with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\nMichael Cohen said he and President Donald Trump have buried the hatchet.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump\u2019s former personal lawyer and fixer testified against the president during his trial involving a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Trump, who called Cohen a \u201cliar\u201d at the time, pleaded not guilty to the charges of falsifying business records and denied having an affair with Daniels.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5173\">Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden and the growing epidemic of politicians hiding health problems<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison over charges connected to that incident, including campaign finance violations.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But Cohen said on 77 WABC\u2019s the \u201cCats &amp; Cosby\u201d show that the two men began to reconcile about half a year ago. He told CNN on Monday that the current state of their relationship is \u201ccordial and growing.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It started with an unexpected text from someone Cohen described as a \u201cWhite House friend and an insider,\u201d who relayed a message from the president, Cohen said on the radio show. He declined to name the insider, but said the person \u201cexpressed to me the president\u2019s genuine empathy for the hell that I was being dragged through, yet again, and I deeply appreciated that text.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI thanked him, expressed my sincere hope that this long exhausting feud between the two of us could finally end, and what was, I found, even more interesting is that he replied almost immediately, agreeing that it was actually time for us to meet,\u201d Cohen said, adding he was \u201cvery surprised\u201d by the text.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            That meeting doesn\u2019t seem to have happened yet. When asked by CNN if it had occurred, Cohen said he would ask Trump\u2019s permission and hopes \u201cto return to the White House for a one-on-one visit in the next few weeks.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5161\">Justice Department reaches another settlement with Trump adviser Michael Flynn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            CNN has reached out to the White House for Trump\u2019s side on the status of the two men\u2019s relationship.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI had put in the text: \u2018We both knew the cost of this war,\u2019 and in that moment, the ice between us, it didn\u2019t just melt, it broke, and that\u2019s how it all happened,\u201d Cohen said on the \u201cCats &amp; Cosby\u201d show.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Cohen described experiencing a \u201cmedia onslaught\u201d from the \u201cleft,\u201d which he said the president identified with: \u201cThe president knew exactly what it felt like to be at the center of that kind of partisan target practice, plain and simple.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It started with a post he published on Substack in January, Cohen said, describing how he \u201cfelt pressured and coerced\u201d by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg \u201cto only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government\u2019s desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Cohen told CNN the message from the intermediary came after the Substack post but did not specify exactly when.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5157\">Judge quashes Justice Department subpoena for information about 2020 election workers in Georgia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Cohen said he and President Donald Trump have buried the hatchet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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