Chapter 1: What concerns are raised about Donald Trump's mental state?
Hi, Michael Cohen, the Lemon Cohen Report. You were just explaining to me before we get to, I know you saw that unhinged thing at this Republican retreat in Washington. But first of all, you were saying that you got a retraction and an apology from who and for what? From CNN. I actually posted it on my sub stack, by the way.
You know, there's this, one of the things I wrote about in my sub stack today is the fact that news outlets today All they care about is the clicks and the views. And they're keeping, for example, Venezuela, Maduro at the front, the middle and the back of every single episode that they're running all throughout the day. As if this is the only thing that we should be thinking about.
What about the Epstein files? What about affordability? What about Russia, Ukraine? What about still what's going on with Iran? What about what's going on with Israel Hamas? I mean, there's so much more than just Maduro. And they had notable people who were incarcerated at MDC, which, by the way, is an absolute shithole from what I hear.
I have gone on every show I've spoken about it a thousand times. They keep putting me in that list and saying that I was at MDC. I've never been to MDC. I was not processed there. I've never been there inside or on the outside. And they were like, oh, my God, you're right. You're right. But you know the bad part, Don?
And you know this better, of course, than anybody being affiliated to them for so many years. What happens is just as soon as they put something out, You have all of these news sources like Raw Story and others. They write about it. That's right. They then copy it. They make a couple of editorial changes so that there's a uniqueness to it. And then they just keep promoting it.
So if CNN was wrong about it, well, so were they. And then it just multiplies and multiplies. So, yeah, they put out an apology and they put a retraction out. Um, the, the problem for me is, well, number one, I'm surprised that CNN would do that because they have a very high, uh, I know, uh, very strict standards and practices department. At least they did.
Um, when Rick Davis was there, I'm not sure who's in charge of it now, but Rick was very stringent and I don't think that that mistake would have been made under him. So maybe that's an indication of where the company is now, but, um, it's, that's always the case. Someone can write something about you that is completely false. Yep. Or say something about it. Or say something.
And it's become increasingly now more common. So someone writes it. Some people don't even bother to change anything. They just write the same exact story. And so I believe that the person or the organization that writes the first draft writes the history, right? Because everybody else is followed. It used to be someone writes something Pardon me.
They would call and get a comment from you or from someone or they would check it and they would do their own reporting and then they would write something. They wouldn't just copy someone else. So it's very lazy, lazy reporters now, very lazy news organizations. And I'm glad you stood up for yourself and I'm glad that I have to do it. By the way, you would do the same thing, D Lemonade.
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Chapter 2: How is the situation in Venezuela related to Trump's policies?
Listen, I've had people even here on Substack make claims about me. How many times have I turned around and said I have no clue? I was unaffiliated, for example, with the Katie Johnson matter. I wasn't aware of it until I read about it in the papers like everybody else. That was being handled by somebody else. It was being handled by Alan Garten at the Trump Organization.
I wasn't involved with it. But people want to say things about you. And you know what we do? We fight on. We just keep fighting on until such time, right, as the truth. You know, Buddha said it best when he said the three things. Karma's a bitch? No. So Buddha said it best when he said the three things that always rise. The sun, the moon, and the truth. And here the truth rises. I agree with you.
Sometimes it takes too long, but it does rise. So let's get back. back to that unhinged republican madness wow i michael what is it this he goes on this rant about uh um about someone stealing his act? Who did he say someone stole his act and is doing what I do on? Maduro. Maduro.
Melania doesn't like the fact that Donald dances, but here he was talking about how Maduro starts dancing like he does. And so, honestly, I don't know and I don't recognize this Donald Trump From the Donald Trump that I actually knew. Now, I don't want to make excuses. It's not like he was ever a loving sort of guy.
Chapter 3: What is the significance of the Epstein files in current discussions?
But the Donald that I knew from 2006, 2007 to 2018, this was not a guy who would get up there and who would Literally turn around and say that it's the right thing to do. Honestly, I listened to that and I was baffled. I don't even have the words. Imagine me not having the right words to say I was stunned. I was dismayed. I was sort of exasperated by everything that was coming out.
The fact that they're laughing about it. These are members of Congress that is sitting in that room laughing about it as if this is a joke. You know, this isn't the this wasn't the correspondence, you know, dinner where, you know, you have somebody gets roasted or this isn't Comedy Central for, you know, the celebrity roast. And he had one. Remember the Trump roast?
I actually wrote most of the stuff for that. And I had to I had to approve every comment that was made. By Trump? No, by anybody about him. You got to approve the jokes from the comedian? Yeah. No, there's no way. Who was the comedian? There were quite a few. Quite a few. Well, he never did it. Oh, no, no. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm getting confused.
I'm thinking of the Correspondence Dinner. It's just my mind. Oh, so you had to – No, I'm talking about the jokes. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow. I didn't think they did that. Some of the initial ones were really fucking brutal, to be honest with you. And I was glad that we actually put a stop to that. But can we please get back to this –
You're the one who brought up that it was like a rose. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You're right. I did. I wandered. I wandered. I'm just... You weaved. You did the weave, Michael. I did the weave, but you have to go bing, bing, bing, and you bring it back. Because if you don't bring it back, it just... They lose you, and then they say that you have dementia or something.
Well, I couldn't believe that he was actually bragging that he was... He had had... Three? Yeah, three cognitive tests and other people didn't. And I'm like, that's not a good thing. That means that they're trying to figure out if you are in mental decline, sir. You should not be bragging about that. Am I wrong? Like, what are you, why are you bragging about it? You shouldn't be proud of that.
I wouldn't be telling, you know, they gave me a cognitive test. I'm like, can we keep that on the low?
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Chapter 4: How does Trump's behavior reflect on his leadership style?
You know, by the way, cognitive tests do not determine or they do not demonstrate intelligence. It's not an IQ test. It's not. It's not. It's a it's a test of remembering, so to speak. And it's very basic facts. You know, like, you know, a cognitive test depending upon, for example, your age. They'll ask somebody, you know, how do you spell the word lemon? You know, something like that.
You know, they ask very simple questions. There's no such thing as acing a cognitive test. It's either you pass it or you fail it. Right. You know, there's no. Yes, Mr. President, you got an A plus and forgetting an A plus. We're going to give you three golden stars. Yeah. Right. You know, I mean. It's so ridiculous.
I was on my own sub stack as well as a couple of other podcasts where I talked about, as an example, this entire scenario of these allegations that they make which aren't based in fact. And he was talking about, for example, going for the MRI exam. And a lot of people in the comments that were like, well, you're not a doctor. You don't know. Well, that's true. I'm not a doctor.
I did do medical malpractice for over six years of litigation. Right. I grew up in a house with doctors, but. Putting that aside, I grew up learning how to read JAMA and the American Medical Association. But putting all that aside, I've actually had MRIs and CT scans. So when he started talking about that it was a very fast exam, MRIs are not fast.
MRIs take at a minimum 30 to 40 minutes at a minimum CT scans take about five minutes. So I said, I don't think it was even an MRI that he took. I think it was a CT scan. And guess what? It was a CT scan that he took. Oh boy. Do you see, I was on the, you know, Kara Swisher's podcast pivot and she asked me my prediction of the year.
And I said that, you know, the MAGA media, it's already started, but what the big story, a big revelation would be in the year 2026. And I said that. You know, perhaps the Democrats will take over Congress or become the majority even before the 2026 election, because I thought that there would be some deflections or defections, excuse me, like Marjorie Taylor Greene.
There'll be lots of deflections. They always do like Marjorie Taylor Greene and people realizing and that might change that will change the balance of the Congress. And hers was that she didn't think Trump was going to make it to the end of the year. And I said I did not disagree with that. I think that he has health issues that they're not being completely transparent about.
And perhaps those health issues are, you know, far more dangerous than than they're letting on to. And I wonder how you feel about that. I don't think so. Yeah, I don't think so. Now, it is awfully peculiar the fact that he has that bruising in the inner part of his hand between the thumb and the index finger. Both hands, right? Right.
Have I seen scenarios where that's an infusion, an IV site, a port site? The answer is yeah. But what I've always found interesting, and again, knowing him as well as I do, after the first time that there was black and blueing,
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Chapter 5: What implications does Trump's approach have for foreign relations?
In fact, I sometimes bought it for him. A 325 milligram Bayer aspirin, one a day. Now, let me be crystal clear to every single person out there. One aspirin a day. Why he takes it, someone told him many years ago, an aspirin a day is good for your heart. Okay, maybe 325 is more than what- The studies have changed. It's like a baby aspirin or a very mild dose. Exactly.
But he is a creature of habit. I watched him take that bare aspirin every single day for almost a decade and a half. That's true. But... But you do not get black and blue from taking one bare aspirin every single day. You know, when they say 325 milligrams, it sounds like a big number, right? Now break it down to something that doesn't sound that big. It's one aspirin.
Right now, I'm on blood thinners. I've been on blood thinners for years now. You don't see any black and blue in my hands, right? You know, do I sometimes get a black and blue mark? You know, if I bang, if I bang myself, sure. Does it bleed a little longer when I'm shaving? If I nick myself? Absolutely. But there's something else that's going on here.
But do I think that his health is deteriorating? No. You know how you would know? I think you're proving my point. What's a common denominator when people are actually sick? What do you mean, what's a common denominator? They lose massive amounts of weight. Oh, because you're saying because he's fat? He's obese? I'm saying he stayed consistent in his weight.
No, it looks like he's gained because... By the way, even better than... But I think you're proving I think you're somewhat good. You're saying I'm saying they're not being transparent about his health. I agree. And right. And so we don't know. Again, it's like the Epstein files. If you don't know, then all that's left is what your mind is going to come up with.
And it's like, and if he's got if he's got the cankles, right, the swollen ankles, he won't he won't wear the compression socks and his ankles are like giant. They look like my thigh. Okay, they do. I mean, or my cab at least, right? His ankle looks like that. And if he's got the bruising on both hands and he says it's from handshaking, which is, you know, come on, give me a break.
And if, according to the reporting, Pam Bondi nicked him with her wedding ring and caused bleeding, There's a problem. There's something going on. So that's why I say I don't believe he's obviously not being transparent and his health may be worse than they're letting on to. Yeah. In my opinion. Why should you and I even waste time? a minute talking about this.
I believe the president of the United States, I don't care if they're 45, I don't care if they're 95, they should not have the right to hide behind HIPAA You are the president of the United States.
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Chapter 6: How do cognitive tests relate to Trump's health and public perception?
Your your health matters to the country. And I believe that the American people have an absolute right to know everything. And by the way, if you are opposed to that, there's a great solution. Don't run. Don't run. Don't become the president of the United States. Right. But, you know, he's all about transparency because he immediately he released those tax returns and we've seen all of them.
I remember being on your show years ago and you said something funny like that too. I said to you, there's not a chance in the world he's going to release those tax returns. And the reason is not so much what everybody thought. His concern was that Once he releases it, everybody has it. And you have all of these accounting think tanks.
So even if hypothetically there's something that maybe could pass scrutiny, they will turn around and make such an issue out of it. So instead, he turned around and he made the claim that he's under audit. He's always under audit. He's constantly under audit and that his counsel will not, you know, permit him within which to do it. Nobody under audit would ever release.
their tax returns and i'm not really sure i understand why what's the difference if you're under order it or you're not you release the tax return whatever your tax bill is going to be whether it's in your favor or against you it's going to be yeah but i don't think he did well i He shouldn't have. He shouldn't be able to hide behind that excuse. So, by the way, not so much to have written.
He didn't release his tax returns. What makes you think he's going to release the Epstein files? So the Epstein files is a different story. I know. You know, obviously one in the same with his tax returns. But the Epstein file is a it's a very interesting legal issue, more so than anything right now, because Congress unanimously pay. It's release on.
December 19th, that's the 30 days after Trump signed the the document demanding the Epstein Transparency Act. We are now somewhere about two, three weeks. Post the date that it was supposed to be, you know, it was supposed to be released unredacted except for the names. Well, it obviously isn't. In fact, we just learned that there's approximately two million documents.
One million new documents and a million old documents that they're still playing with to see what needs to be redacted, what doesn't necessarily need to be redacted, etc., etc. And that's now a real issue because... as it states in the Constitution, we are a tripartite system of government.
Not only, by the way, did the legislative branch vote on this, but the president, the executive, went ahead and signed it too. So what's stopping this? And I believe, and I can't stand when I listen to whether it's Hakeem Jeffries or Schumer or any of the other Democrats who sit there and they turn around and they say, well, We're now looking at all of our options. You're looking at the options.
How many options do you think that there are, genius? You file a fucking lawsuit against Pam Bondi and the DOJ. All right. And then you call it a day. What's that? And call it a day. And then you continue on with the rest of the process. You call them into her hearings, right? Amen. Now, they are going to be calling Pam Bondi in again very, very soon to testify.
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Chapter 7: What are the legal challenges surrounding the Epstein Transparency Act?
You want, Hakeem wants a, what do you call it, Schumer, they want a, what do you call it, a five-minute clip to put out there. Walk over the summons and the complaint with a process server and serve it right there on her and the DOJ and then serve Kash Patel the same way with the FBI. Exactly, Cheyenne. The survivors deserve better. All we're doing is victimizing.
We're allowing them to get victimized again. Over and over and over again. But back to the health thing. You said that a president shouldn't hide behind HIPAA. We should know. And you don't believe that he has health issues. No, no, no. I didn't say that. No. The comment that you said that they don't think that he's going to make it. Yeah, I'm going.
That was my next thing that I was going to say. Sorry, go ahead. My apologies. So that he's not going to make it through the year. Kara says she didn't think he was. And I said, I'm kind of on her side. But I wasn't definitive. But, you know, I think she might be right.
I actually, now that I think about it, I do think that, and after listening to that speech today, I think that something's up with him. And just because he makes fun of it and he calls it a weave, it doesn't mean that he's not rambling. It doesn't mean that he is, he's coherent. It doesn't mean that he's stringing together cohesive sentences or grammatically correct sentences.
It doesn't mean that. And so... He is actually stringing together cohesive sentences. They're just sentences that neither you or I or anybody that's with us in this... So they're incomprehensible, but you think they're cohesive? Well... Look, you know, they are, let's just say, very different than what you would say if you were up there addressing that group. Right. But they are cohesive.
They're silly. They're childish. They're churlish. But they are cohesive. The problem is we just don't agree with any of it. That's the whole problem. Like, I don't agree with... the seizing of Maduro. I think it opens up a very dangerous precedent around the world. What's now to stop Putin from saying that Zelensky is a war criminal?
He killed 1.2 million Russian soldiers, put out a warrant, and then next thing you know, he's disappearing him, right? They send in their military. What's to stop Xi Jinping from doing that to the Taiwanese president? Or what's to stop Tehran from turning around and doing it to Bibi Netanyahu? What's to stop Emmanuel Macron from doing it to Donald Trump? Nothing. Not any longer.
That's what I'm saying. I said that yesterday when I first heard about it, when he said the guy is a criminal. You know, they he is accused of stealing the last election. Right. And I said, well, then what's the difference between the two? Donald Trump is a convicted felon. And Donald Trump says he wanted to be a dictator on first day.
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Chapter 8: How might Trump's actions set precedents for future leaders?
He has tyrannical inclinations. He is as exhibited or dictatorial behavior. And so what's preventing one of our allies, either, you know, the U.K., France, whatever. What is preventing them from coming here and grabbing Donald Trump and taking him off to face him or either Pete Hegseth to face convictions or an indictment on war crimes?
By the way, you bring up an incredible point, one that actually I didn't even think of, because I've been focusing the precedent that Trump just... that Trump just put out by doing what they did to Maduro. You're right. They could do it to any member of his administration. In fact, they could even stretch it to anybody. You or me. Yeah, yeah.
You can turn around and say that Don Lemon is a, you know, is a threat to their national security. Maybe he said something about Greenland. Maybe he said something about France or Italy. I didn't have a good time when I was in Italy. The food wasn't good. Next thing you know, they're going to turn and say, well, you're a threat to their national security, to their economy.
And when you go there again, because the food was great, right? Next thing you know, they disappear you or they come here. I don't know. I think he opened up a Pandora's box that should scare the shit out of everybody. I wonder if China is going to try to come get him or Putin or any of those people, considering what he said about Maduro's record, his record is not that far off.
And so those folks can say, this guy has, you know, he has, um, members of his administration have given away military secrets, i.e. the signal gate. Right. And the other thing, um, I think there was a second, wasn't there a second signal gate? There were two signal gates, but even before signal gate, in the first administration, why are people forgetting about Helsinki?
When he turned around, he took documents that were given to him by Israel, and he turned them regarding Iran, and he turned them over to Vladimir Putin. What about the Ukraine call to Zelensky about Joe Biden, that he was impeached over? Yeah. I mean, you know, what's to stop now, Xi Jinping? Because in this ideology, and did you ever listen to, like,
Stephen Miller in his speeches and so on, when he sits there, first of all, his affectation is just sort of odd, right? It's almost like a bad Mike Myers, Austin Powers sort of thing going on. You've never noticed that? Michael, we both knew Stephen Miller.
In fact, I mean, I met him, I think, like in 2016 or 2015, whenever he started being a Trump, you know, pundit or... 15, when he was working at the... Yeah.
Yeah.
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