Did Hope Hicks Really Hurt Trump?

So, yesterday Hope Hicks showed up at Trump’s hush-money trial, and as expected testified that Trump made it clear that he was concerned about the impact of any stories about Stormy Daniels coming after he somehow had gotten through the mess created by the release of the Access Hollywood ‘locker-room’ tape.

Her testimony didn’t touch directly on the actual payment by Cohen to Daniels or how Cohen was then…