Isn't it convenient that he is in the process of tearing the New York Times "a new one" in court and this shows up on a feed.
I believe nothing of what I hear and only 50% of what I see. I can hear someone from the inner circle advising him just to admit to anything and everything so he could "get out ahead of it".
Irrespective of how you have heard it in the past the phrase should always be "keep your enemies close, but your friends closer". At the end of the day, the only people who can really hurt you are your friends ... "Et tu, Brute?"