From the moment in 1973 when Roy Cohn was retained to defend the Trump family in a suit brought by the Department of Justice alleging racist rental practices at the thousands of shabby apartments they owned, a young Donald Trump was smitten. Here was a man who had attained everything Trump wished to acquire—power, wealth, and the obsession to win at any cost, even if, perhaps especially if, laws were broken or innocent people destroyed. Cohn reveled in being loathed because it meant he had succeeded in inducing terror in his enemies, a category that took in virtually every other human being on earth.
I find it fascinating that people like Cohn and Trump can garner such power. The IRS? Seems amazing to me that even they were scared of Cohn & for a long time, Trump. We have work to do.
Ruthlessness often works, at least for a while. But when it stops working--if it stops working--the fall is that much steeper. Yes, we have work to do and that work never stops.
It's interesting that perhaps Cohn's biggest legacy is as a character in "Angels in America."
If you don't include Trump...
In the end, bullies never win. The end comes swiftly. We may see this happen in 2025.
Alas, they do sometimes. But yes, I think the election is fast becoming Harris's to lose and let's hope that, unlike Biden, she doesn't muck it up.
I find it fascinating that people like Cohn and Trump can garner such power. The IRS? Seems amazing to me that even they were scared of Cohn & for a long time, Trump. We have work to do.
Ruthlessness often works, at least for a while. But when it stops working--if it stops working--the fall is that much steeper. Yes, we have work to do and that work never stops.