Former Trump Fixer-Turned-Nemesis Michael Cohen Interviewing Trump This Week

BreakingBusinessFormer Trump Fixer-Turned-Nemesis Michael Cohen Interviewing Trump This WeekBySara Dorn,Forbes Staff. Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics.Follow AuthorAug 19, 2026, 04:57pm EDTToplinePresident Donald Trump will sit for an interview with his former fixer-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen on Thursday, according to multiple reports—after Cohen said last month the two were reconciling. Michael Cohen is seen on May 20, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Andrea Renault/Star Max/GC Images)GC ImagesKey FactsTrump will record the interview with Cohen for his weekly talk radio show, which is also recorded for a podcast, Cohen told MS NOW. The interview comes after Cohen and Trump have reportedly mended their relationship over the past year, meeting at least twice in person. Cohen—the star witness in the hush-money trial and civil fraud case against Trump—began to claim this year he felt pressured and coerced to testify in the cases.Cohen told The New York Times last month that the two were reconciling, after Trump attacked Cohen for years as a “rat” and disparaged his credibility, while Cohen called Trump a “cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man.”Trump’s lawyers have cited Cohen’s claims that his testimony was coerced in appealing the civil fraud case that found him liable for overly inflating his net worth to secure more favorable business deals. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.elements.video/player.js?cid=62cec241-7d09-4462-afc2-f72f8d8ef40a'; script.setAttribute('defer', '1'); script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); iframeDoc.body.appendChild(script); }; document.head.appendChild(iframe); const preloadResourcesEndpoint = 'https://cds.elements.video/a/preload-reso...