{
  "id": 2270495,
  "title": "Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/sycophancy-in-stereo-as-former-trump-hater-michael-cohen-loses-his",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T01:11:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/20/michael-cohen-trump-radio-interview"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer and self-described fixer for Donald Trump, has apparently changed his tone towards the US president. In 2019, Cohen testified to Congress, using terms such as \"racist\", \"conman\", and \"cheat\" to describe Trump. However, on his New York radio show on Thursday, Cohen referred to Trump using deferential terms like \"boss\" and \"sir\".\n\nAccording to The Hill, Trump has said he respects Cohen for taking back things he's said. Portions of the interview were played on Cohen's radio show on 77 WABC radio in New York City on Thursday, with the rest expected to air on Sunday.\n\nThe change in Cohen's tone towards Trump has been noted, with some describing it as fawning and deferential. This is a departure from his previous criticism of the president, as seen in his 2019 congressional testimony.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}