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The free-wheeling dynamics, with Cohen testifying in Washington while Trump is trying to conduct diplomacy overseas, threaten to weaken America’s standing abroad, according to Benjamin J. Rhodes, who served as deputy national security adviser under former president Barack Obama.
“The real danger for U.S. credibility and national security is the extent to which the Cohen testimony makes the American president look ridiculous and compromised around the world, which carefully consumes U.S. political news,” Rhodes said. “At home, we can see these things as just another turn in the tabloid drama of the Trump presidency, but the cumulative impact abroad is a steady diminution of America’s standing.”
Longtime Trump observers said the television news coverage Cohen’s testimony is certain to receive is likely to gall the president.
“Nothing else gets to Trump worse than being upstaged,” said Tim O’Brien, author of the biography “Trump Nation: The Art of Being The Donald.”
O’Brien predicted that Cohen’s written testimony would get under the president’s skin because it highlights so many of Trump’s insecurities and perceived weaknesses: His attempts to cover up his academic performance, his lack of service in the Vietnam War, his vanity, his alleged relations with an adult film star and the payments made to her, and allegations of racism.
“It’s an epic troll, one of the most epic trolls of Trump’s life,” O’Brien said.
