Donald Trump dropped his $500 million lawsuit against his ex-legal fixer Michael Cohen for allegedly having “spread falsehoods” about the former president — including a purported “hush money” payment made to the porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

Trump attorney Alejandro Brito asked for the suit to be dismissed without prejudice in a late Thursday court filing, just six months after the 77-year-old accused Cohen of breaking a confidentiality agreement between the two.

“Given that President Trump is required to sit for deposition in a civil matter on Columbus Day, when he is scheduled to be in the Great State of New Hampshire, and while the President is fighting against the meritless claims that have been lodged against him in New York, Washington D.C., Florida, and Georgia, as well as continuing his winning campaign, where he is leading the Republicans by 60 points and Crooked Joe Biden by 11 points, to serve as our next President of the United States, President Trump has decided to temporarily pause his meritorious claims against Michael Cohen,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told the Post in a statement.

“Once President Trump has prevailed in dealing with the witch hunts against him, he will continue to pursue his claims against Michael Cohen, who rightfully deserves to, and will be held accountable for his unlawful words and actions just as the Southern District of New York held him accountable for numerous non — Trump related acts and crimes, making Cohen a very ‘proud’ felon.”

Cohen’s lawyer Danya Perry hailed the dismissal of what she called a “baseless lawsuit” as “a great win.”

“This is a great win for Michael and for our team, and it confirms what we’ve said from the beginning: this was a baseless lawsuit solely brought to retaliate against our client for his willingness to testify truthfully against Trump, including before Congress, in the NY Attorney General’s fraud suit, and in the NY District Attorney’s criminal case related to Trump’s hush money payments,” Perry said.

“We stood up to Mr. Trump’s threats, and last night he ran scared to avoid me deposing him on Monday,” she added. “We do not anticipate Mr. Trump following through on his latest baseless threat to refile and are instead turning our attention to holding Trump accountable for his harassing litigation.”

Cohen said in a separate statement that the withdrawn complaint had been “nothing more than a retaliatory intimidation tactic.”

“Mr. Trump’s cowardly dismissal spells the end of this latest attempt to deter me from providing truthful testimony against him,” Cohen said. “My legal team and I now look forward to turning our full attention to holding Mr. Trump accountable for his latest abuse of the legal system. More to come.”

Cohen emerged as a star witness in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation of Trump earlier this year for allegedly falsifying records to conceal a $130,000 payment made through the lawyer to Daniels.

Cohen testified about his former boss several times before a grand jury, which eventually returned an indictment charging Trump with 34 counts of business fraud.

Cohen maintains that he made the payment on Trump’s behalf to keep Daniels quiet about a decade-old affair the real estate mogul allegedly had with the adult film star. (Trump has denied having sexual relations with Daniels or ordering the payment.)

In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to violating federal election law by making the payment to allegedly buy Daniels’ silence — and was sentenced to three years in prison that were mostly spent in home confinement.

Trump’s lawsuit claimed Cohen breached attorney-client privilege by “spreading falsehoods … likely to be embarrassing or detrimental, and partook in other misconduct” in violation of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct.

Those breaches came through public statements, books, a podcast series and “innumerable mainstream media appearances,” the suit alleges, for which the former president has “suffered vast reputational harm as a direct result.”

Trump sought “compensatory, incidental, and punitive damages,” which were “expected to substantially exceed” $500 million, as well as “profits, payments, compensations, advances, royalties” and other proceeds Cohen receives from his books and podcast.

The former president’s team also wrote that Cohen “misrepresented a business expenditure, and stated that he was owed an extra $74,000,” which they had asked to be returned with interest.

Trump asked for the Manhattan indictment to be dismissed on Thursday, saying the matter amounted to “interfering” with his 2024 presidential campaign.

The former president pleaded not guilty to all charges in April. A trial date is set for March 25, 2024.

Cohen worked as legal counsel for the Trump Organization from 2006 to 2018, but broke with his former boss and sued the company the following year over its failure to reimburse legal fees.