they knew each other very, very well. when we say fixer, we re talking about someone who was a close confidante. if, for example, you wanted to pay off a mistress, the person you go to to help with you that is someone you re close to and you really, really trust. i think what trump perceives as a betrayal cuts particularly close to the bone. of course there s the calculation of what michael cohen might have on him, what testimony he might have given to various investigators, but beyond that, i think it s just the emotion of having someone who you were so close to turn on you and say terrible things about you under oath, in congress. and beyond that, there s the political and legal strategy of impugning michael cohen s credibility, so that he isn t believed by the public. because if a tenth of what he says set tris true, the preside