DONALD Trump appeared to smile in court as Michael Cohen was grilled over comments he made about his former boss, including calling for him to be caged.

Cohen returned to the witness stand on Tuesday for his second day of testimony in Trump‘s hush money trial in downtown Manhattan.

Cohen, 57, is the key witness in the criminal trial against the former president, and prosecutors confirmed on Tuesday he will be the last to testify in their case.

He testified about his role in the alleged hush money scheme that played out in the days before the 2016 presidential election.

He was questioned for several hours by the prosecution until he was turned over for cross-examination and Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, took the reigns.

Blanche immediately questioned Cohen on comments he made about the former president at the start of the trial.

“On April 15, after the trial started, you referred to President Trump as a dictator d****ebag, didn’t you?” Blanche asked.

Cohen responded, “Sounds like something I said.”

Blanche asked Cohen to confirm whether he said that he wanted to see Trump in a cage, “like a f**king animal.”

“I recall saying that,” Cohen answered.

During questioning, Cohen said the trial was personally important to him.

“Is this trial important to you, Mr. Cohen?” Blanche asked.

“Personally, yes,” Cohen said.

Blanche asked about Cohen’s podcast, Mea Culpa.

“Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen, is a raw and unfiltered podcast that shines light into the dark corners of our current American Apocalypse,” read the description of the show on Apple Podcasts.

Blanche questioned Cohen is he talks about Trump in every episode, Cohen answered yes.

STORMY DEALINGS

The disbarred attorney said he used $130,000 of his own money to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels quiet from going public about her supposed affair with Trump.

Cohen, who described himself as a Trump loyalist, told the jury how he went to great lengths to protect the real estate tycoon at his own expense.

“I regret doing things for him that I should not have – lying, bullying people in order to effectuate a goal,” Cohen, who served as Trump’s attorney from 2006 to 2018, told the court.

“I don’t regret working with the Trump Organization. As I expressed before, some very interesting, great times.

“But, to keep the loyalty and to do the things that he had asked me to do, I violated my moral compass, and I suffered the penalty, as has my family.”

Cohen said he pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts, including tax evasion and campaign finance violations, after speaking with his family, who helped him redirect his loyalty.

When asked what the day was like, Cohen told the jury, “Worst day of my life.”

He added, “I made a decision based again on the conversation I had with my family that I would not lie for President Trump anymore.

“I apologized to Congress. I apologized to the country. I apologized to my family.”