gee, i wonder if they helped him make the choice." that last efrns of course is to cohen's attorney lanny davis who has declined comment on the presidency's response or to the reports of cohen's allegations. the president steered clear of this topic during his event at the white house today designed to highlight economic numbers. as trump wrapped up kristen welker asked him about michael cohen. >> mr. president, is michael cohen telling the truth? is michael cohen telling the truth? mr. president, is michael cohen telling the truth? >> as we say, it's been ten times now the president has ignored reporters questions since the cohen audio first aired tuesday evening. and for that matter there have only been three white house press briefings in the entire month of july. on the cohen front politico reports the president's advisors have "been taken aback by cohen's no holds barred approach and his willingness to publicly reveal potentially devastating details of his private conversations with the