Trump torches Cohen and smothers Manafort with praise

President Donald Trump has long put a high price on loyalty.

And after two of his closest associates got whacked with bank and tax fraud violations on Tuesday, the president is staying true to form.

In a series of fiery tweets on Wednesday, Trump slammed his former longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen — who implicated the president in a hush money payment scheme — as a two-bit lawyer, while offering high praise for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was found guilty on eight felony charges.

“I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family,” Trump wrote in one of the tweets. “’Justice’ took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to ‘break’ - make up stories in order to get a ‘deal.’ Such respect for a brave man!”

That tweet came after Trump whacked Cohen, tweeting, “If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of Michael Cohen!”