Journalist and author John Casey has revealed the methods used byDonald Trumpto hide what many believe to be declining health. The US President has caused masses of speculation since his second inauguration, with several incidences ofbruising or make up on his handand reports that he has beenforced to undergo CT scans.
Trump has dodged questions about his health, regularly insisting that he is at peak fitness and casting doubt on the motives of those who suggest otherwise. Casey believes that Trump is using skills learned in his youth from his mentorRoy Cohnto double down on his claims that he is at the peak of his fitness, rather than suffering from the natural effects of old age. He said on theDaily Beast Youtube channel: “His level of theatrical overreaction (to speculation) isn't new; it's the latest, purest expression of lessons Trump absorbed decades ago from Roy Cohn, the ruthless political hitman he once called a second father.
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“Cohn, the hard-edged attorney who rose to prominence as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Red Scare of the 1950s and later as a New York power broker, built his career on intimidation, political manipulation, and a scorched-earth approach to the law. His life stands as a stark example of how ruthlessness can win influence in the short term while corroding institutions.
“Everyone knows the obvious parts about the Cohn playbook: attack first, sue always, apologise never. But one of Cohn's deepest teachings wasn't about politics—it was about the body.
“It was about hiding vulnerability at any cost. Cohn had AIDS and eventually died from the disease, but as both Nicholas von Hoffman's chilling biography and the HBO adaptation of Angels in America describe, Cohn intently refused to admit his illness.”
Cohn was played by Jermey Strong inthe Apprentice, a film centered on the relationship between the pair in 1970s New York.
It showed Cohn, a gay man who never spoke publicly about his sexuality, deal with the consequences of his illness, as he went from a powerful lawyer to a frail old man.
Casey continued: “He threatened to sue his doctor if the word AIDS was spoken. Even as Kaposi sarcoma lesions spread across his skin, Cohn caked makeup over his sores and gray pallor.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
