Donald Trump despatched Vladimir Putin COVID take a look at machines for his private use again in 2020, a brand new ebook has claimed.
US creator and famed Watergate reporter Bob Woodward additionally claimed in his newest ebook “War” that Mr Trump and Mr Putin shared as many as seven non-public telephone calls for the reason that former president left workplace.
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Conventional Russian picket dolls depicting Putin and Trump throughout his first time period as US president. Pic: AP
Because the virus started to unfold in 2020 Mr Trump despatched Mr Putin an unspecified variety of the machines, in keeping with Woodward.
He claimed that Mr Putin informed Mr Trump to not inform anybody else as a result of folks can be offended over it, however Mr Trump stated he did not care if anybody knew.
The ebook stated Mr Trump ended up agreeing to not inform anybody.
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It is not specified when the machines have been despatched however describes it as being because the virus unfold by means of Russia.
Earlier stories stated that Mr Trump’s administration despatched ventilators and different gear to a number of nations together with Russia.
Secret telephone calls
Woodward additionally claimed that Mr Trump and Mr Putin had held a number of calls since he left the White Home.
He tells the story of an aide being requested to depart Mr Trump’s workplace at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida so he might name Mr Putin.
Woodward claims the aide, who he would not title, stated there had been a number of calls.
The ebook doesn’t element what was mentioned.
US intelligence businesses stated Russia had meddled in that election, one thing Mr Trump publicly questioned two years later after assembly Mr Putin in individual in Helsinki.
‘The work of a very demented and deranged man’
Mr Trump’s staff criticised the publication’s claims.
His communications director Steven Cheung denied the accounts and stated: “None of these made-up stories by Bob Woodward are true and are the work of a truly demented and deranged man who suffers from a debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
He knocked Woodward as a “hack” and stated that even when the tales have been true: “Look, is there something wrong with speaking to world leaders? No. Is there anything wrong with engaging in diplomacy?”
