I cannot get past the amazing, astonishing irony of Donald Trump’s political friends as they ratchet up their assault on Michael Cohen, the president’s former friend and personal lawyer and so-called “fixer.”

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican blowhard, has joined the president in calling Cohen a liar, mounting a defense of Trump on the basis of Cohen’s admitted lying to Congress, the Internal Revenue Service, the FBI and heaven knows who else.

Gaetz also has threatened to expose affairs that Cohen allegedly had with women. Can you say “witness intimidation”?

Cohen is going to testify over the next three days about what he did for Trump, the lies he told on the president’s behalf and about Trump’s personal conduct as a business mogul and as president.

The irony is this: Donald Trump has lied repeatedly since he took office more than two years. At last count, watchdog groups have come up with something close to 9,000 false statements/lies/prevarications.

And now the Liar in Chief’s allies — such as Rep. Gaetz — are hanging the liar label on Michael Cohen?

This is, shall we say . . . oh, so rich!