📗 Excerpt from Michael Cohen’s book “Disloyal, a memoir”:
RE: arriving in Las Vegas for the 2012 Miss Universe Pageant
"Hey Boss," I called out. "The hotel or the pageant? They're doing rehearsals for the next two hours."
📗 Cohen (cont'd)
"Pageant," Trump declared, w/out hesitation. "Michael, wait until you see the production they put into this event. Depending on where they are in the rehearsals, maybe we can catch a few of them in the back getting dressed. They are truly the best of the best."
📗 Cohen book (cont'd)
Silence was often the best response to Trump, I had learned, especially when it came to lewd remarks. There was really nothing to say, I knew, unless you wanted to confront Trump with a politically correct remark, & that would only result in ridicule &...
📗 Cohen
...disgust and, in all likelihood, a steep decline in his regard. In this way, I could relate to Billy Bush in the "grab them by the pussies" video in which Trump boasted about how his celebrity status afforded him the privilege of being able to sexually assault women.
📗 Cohen
It was offensive, to say the least, but I knew what Bush was doing when he giggled nervously & went along with Trump. The sexist swagger was part of life inside Trump's bubble, a juvenile redoubt that was proudly, defiantly, and most definitely Neanderthal about women.
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