Trump once offered to flip — before saying it should be illegal: Ex-president's biographer

Former President Donald Trump now has several of his former attorneys cutting deals to cooperate against him — and he has a proven track record of attacking people who "flip" on co-conspirators to get a favorable deal, even suggesting it should be against the law.

But that wasn't always the case, said Trump biographer Tim O'Brien on MSNBC. In fact, early in his career, he offered to flip on his rival businessmen.

"That is him storming out of the courtroom," said anchor Joy Reid. "We have that video that was up right now. Tim, why can't this man control himself?"

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"Because he's a 7-year-old grown old, Joy," said O'Brien. "That is not a mystery at all. You know, he's cornered, I think everything we're seeing in this courtroom right now is performative. None of it is strategic, legally."

"He wants to present everything that's happening in the court as targeted against him, as a sham, and lacking in merit so he can convince his supporters and the public that he is somehow the victim here," O'Brien continued. "But it is completely running against what they should be doing to have a sympathetic judge who at the end of the day is going to be the one who imposes the penalty on the Trump Organization, and Donald Trump. He will determine the size of the fine. He will determine the extent to which the Trump Organization and the Trump children can continue doing business in the State of New York. So I just think it's day after day, we're getting continued evidence of him as someone who feels cornered."

He continued:

"I think, you know, the video at the top of the show where he goes on and on about how miserable he feels that people are flipping against him, it's worth remembering, you know, over 40 years ago, when Donald Trump first went into business in Atlantic City, he voluntarily approached the FBI and told them he would be willing to flip on other casino orders who may have mob ties, in part because Donald Trump when he first entered Atlantic City entered in partnerships with mob partners on his own properties," said O'Brien. "But it's also because he has no problem flipping himself when it serves him well. He's aligned with Rudy Giuliani, who made a clear as a U.S. attorney by getting mobsters to flip on one another. He's been around this his whole life. He's upset now that all of these wheels are turning against him, he doesn't have the maturity, the temperament to handle it in a different way."

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