someone who never hesitated to defend donald trump and the trump family. he has intimated over and over again that he would do just about anything to stand up for them, whether that means tough talk or action. >> that tough talk in defense of donald trump was on display in this interview on cnn. >> you say it's not a shakeup. you guys are down. it makes -- >> says who? says who? >> most polls. all of them. >> says who? >> cohen prided himself on being trump's fixer. he tried to set up a deal in putin's russia with his old brooklyn pal. >> michael cohen and felix sader tried to propose a construction of a -- of a new trump tower in moscow during the presidential campaign. donald trump was aware of that effort.