While a non-disclosure agreement was drawn up for Clifford to sign within days, the denizens of Trump Tower apparently “couldn’t settle on a plan” for getting the money to Daniels’s lawyer without it being traceable to Trump, leading to a delay in the payment that caused the porn star to “walk away.” Finally, Cohen decided to draw down his home-equity line and transfer the money himself—a plan his boss was presumably only too happy about, as he reportedly tried to stiff Cohen on the repayment Cohen. The White House referred questions about Trump’s involvement in the hush-money deals to his outside counsel, who declined to comment to the Journal.

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Speaking of lies flying out of the president’s mouth every time he opens it . . .

White House economic adviser tells Wall Street to keep its nose out of the president’s trade war

According to Peter Navarro, the West Wing staffer Jared Kushner found on Amazon, financial types who are so clearly being manipulated by China need to pipe down and let the Trump administration conduct its self-defeating policy in peace: