“Parts Unknown” host Anthony Bourdain expects President Trump’s closest allies will eventually turn on one another like former New York mob boss John Gotti’s allies turned against him.
“In the end, I think they’re all a bunch of frightened, self-interested greedheads, they’re all going to turn on each other, and the whole thing is going to come crashing down like any other conspiracy of not-too-bright people,” Bourdain explained to the Daily Beast in an interview published Monday.
Bourdain compared President Trump’s legal troubles to that of Gotti. Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia, and Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen is in a legal battle with a porn star claiming she had an extramarital affair with Trump.
“There was this great moment in the Gotti trial where they play a transcript of Gotti complaining about rats and informers in his organization, and in the room with him at the time are ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano, ‘Willie Boy’ Johnson, and two other guys — three of whom are currently informing on him to the FBI or turned state’s witness later on during the trial. In addition, the room was bugged. So I’m thinking that these are not the best and the brightest,” Bourdain said.
Trump has lashed out at the Justice Department and FBI amid the Russia investigation, repeatedly calling it a “witch hunt.” Mueller has charged several Trump associates, though the president has maintained his innocence.
“If you poke a stick in the eye of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation long enough, they will get you in the end. They’ve got unlimited time and unlimited money, and they will get you,” Bourdain warned.
