Donald Trump and Michael Cohen bury the hatchet | Flipboard

Flipboard · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 21, 2026 · 341 words · By NBC News; Sarah Dean; Dareh Gregorian; Raquel Coronell Uribe

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Donald Trump and Michael Cohen bury the hatchet The pair publicly reunited on Cohen’s radio show after years of legal feuds and name-calling.

Propaganda risk 60%

Claims checked 6

Techniques found 3

Topics 3

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What happened

Donald Trump and Michael Cohen bury the hatchet The pair publicly reunited on Cohen’s radio show after years of legal feuds and name-calling.

Why it matters

President Donald Trump and his former fixer Michael Cohen are putting their contentious past behind them.

Common ground

Trump on Thursday joined Cohen, who has testified against him in Congress and in court, for an …

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Elon Musk’s DOGE swiped $329 million in humanitarian funding from Nepal?
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Propaganda Score

confidence: 90%

Significant concerns. Multiple propaganda techniques detected.

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence

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Name Calling / Labeling 100% confidence

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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 70% confidence

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Elon Musk’s DOGE swiped $329 million in humanitarian funding from Nepal”

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One web search result explicitly claims DOGE slashed $329 million in aid to Nepal. Other results mention DOGE's existence and general budget cuts, but do not independently corroborate the specific Nepal figure.

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web search NEUTRAL — Результаты для "elon musk doge government". Department of Government Efficiency - Wikipedia.The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was a United States federal initiative launched by the second…
https://soboly.com/elon-musk-doge-government

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web search NEUTRAL — They say Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) used ChatGPT to process to identify DEI programs to inform decisions to terminate grants awarded by the NEH. Here is Fox attempting to a…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/doge-ai-grants-controversy

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web search NEUTRAL — When the Department of Government Efficiency, helmed by Elon Musk, gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), it included slashing an estimated $329 million in humanitarian aid to N…
https://dnyuz.com/2026/09/20/elon-musks-doge-swiped-329-mill…

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Claim 2: “The pair publicly reunited on Cohen’s radio show after years of legal feuds and name-calling.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent sources, including Fox News and Flipboard, confirm that Donald Trump appeared on Michael Cohen's radio show, marking a public reunion after their long-standing feud.

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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump and his former fixer Michael Cohen are putting their contentious past behind them. Trump on Thursday joined Cohen, who has testified against him in Congress and in court, for an…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-fixe…

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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump said Michael Cohen was "weaponized" by mainstream media during a radio interview, marking their first public talk in nearly a decade.Both Donald Trump and Michael Cohen criticiz…
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-says-michael-cohen-weapo…

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web search NEUTRAL — On Michael Cohen’s Radio Show, Donald Trump Is Back to Being the “Boss”: After a long, vicious feud that ricocheted across the national press and a Manhattan ...Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer-tur…
https://www.newswall.org/summary/donald-trump-to-appear-on-f…

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Claim 3: “In May 2024, a New York City jury convicted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of 34 felonies of falsifying business records”

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The claim is confirmed by multiple sources, including CNBC and Flipboard, specifying the date (May 2024), the location (New York City), and the specific charge (34 felony counts of falsifying business records).

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cross reference SUPPORTS — In May 2024, a New York City jury convicted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of 34 felonies of falsifying business records
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/trump-appears-on-former-fix…

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Claim 4: “the Department of Government Efficiency, helmed by Elon Musk, gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)”

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Multiple sources indicate DOGE's efforts to cut federal budgets, and specifically, ABC7 Chicago reports turmoil inside USAID with Musk calling the agency 'criminal' and saying it 'has to die'.

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web search NEUTRAL — RELATED: Turmoil inside USAID as Musk calls the agency 'criminal' and says it 'has to die'. Hawley dismissed Musk's framing that he has more authority, calling it "a form of self-promotion" and saying…
https://abc7chicago.com/post/senate-republicans-insist-elon-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sam Altman and Elon Musk were cochairs of OpenAI when it was founded in 2015. In 2018, Musk proposed taking control of the organization to compete more directly with other artificial intelligence comp…
https://www.britannica.com/money/Elon-Musk

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web search NEUTRAL — Led by billionaire Elon Musk, DOGE claims that it can eliminate $2 trillion in government spending, and its attempts to do so include cutting budgets of federal agencies across the country. Democrats …
https://fortune.com/2025/02/07/national-oceanic-atmospheric-…

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Claim 5: “President Donald Trump is underwater in 41 states and every major battleground state 20 months into his second White House term”

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While one web search result explicitly mirrors the claim about being 'underwater in 41 states' 20 months into a second term, other results (Wikipedia) confirm he is the 47th president, but there is no second independent source corroborating these specific polling numbers.

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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump is underwater in 41 states and every major battleground state 20 months into his second White House term, according to new polling.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/map-shows-trump…

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump’s net approval rating remains in the dumps at -26, according to The Economist’s tracker of YouGov polling.
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

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Claim 6: “Trump on Thursday joined Cohen, who has testified against him in Congress and in court”

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Multiple cross-references from Flipboard explicitly state that Michael Cohen testified against Donald Trump in both court and before Congress.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Michael Cohen testified against [Donald Trump] both in court and before Congress
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/what-is-the-trump-administr…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Michael Cohen... testified against him both in court and before Congress.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/what-is-the-trump-administr…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Michael Cohen has testified against him in Congress and in court
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/donald-trump-and-michael-co…

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