Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have a closer relationship than is generally known, according to a forthcoming book by veteran American journalist Bob Woodward. It is said that there is. According to an excerpt from Bob Woodward’s book, the two have spoken by phone seven times since Trump left office in 2021.
Excerpts from Bob Woodward’s upcoming book War, which will be released on October 15th, have been published by CNN and the Washington Post, highlighting the bond between Trump and Putin.
As the world grappled with the coronavirus outbreak in 2020, Donald Trump sent President Putin some coronavirus test kits, which were in short supply and not easily available at the time, for personal use. That’s what the book says. Woodward wrote that President Trump “secretly sent a large number of Abbott Point of Care coronavirus testing machines to President Putin for his personal use.”
Putin, isolated at the beginning of the outbreak and concerned about contracting the virus, accepted the gift but urged the then-U.S. president to keep the favor secret. “Don’t tell anyone you sent me these,” Woodward quoted Putin as saying to Trump.
According to the book, Putin asked Trump not to make the gift public to protect him from political influence. President Trump’s initial response to this request was “I don’t care” and “That’s fine,” but Putin replied, “Don’t tell anyone. People will be angry at you, not me. They don’t care.” “I haven’t done it,” he claimed. About Me,” according to an excerpt published on CNN.
In another episode, Woodward said a Trump aide revealed that “he asked him to leave the room to have a private call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.” The incident reportedly occurred at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
According to The Hill, the content revealed in the book has led to a negative response from the Trump campaign. “None of these fabricated stories by Bob Woodward are true,” Trump campaign communications director Stephen Chan told The Hill, adding that Trump has hired Woodward to write a new book. He said he did not allow access.
Chan also reportedly said that Woodward “suffers from debilitating Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
In a similar statement to Business Insider, Chan said, “Mr. Woodward is an angry little man who is suing President Trump because a recording he previously made was released without permission.” “He’s clearly upset because he’s been very successful.”
