Kremlin reportedly confirms Trump sent COVID-19 testing devices to Putin
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Lauren Taylor
THE KREMLIN IS CONFIRMING DETAILS FROM A NEW BOOK SAYING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHILE IN THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2020 DID SEND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN COVID-19 TESTING DEVICES FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL USE, BLOOMBERG REPORTS.
THIS REVELATION COMES FROM EXCERPTS OFJOURNALIST BOB WOODWARD’S NEW BOOK “WAR”.
IN IT, WOODWARD CLAIMS TO HAVE INSIGHT ON TRUMP’S PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH PUTIN, ACCORDING TO CNN, WHICH RECEIVED A COPY OF “WAR” AHEAD OF ITS PUBLIC RELEASE.
WOODWARD WRITES THATA TRUMP AIDE CLAIMED THERE WERE AT LEAST SEVEN PHONE CALLS BETWEEN TRUMP AND PUTIN SINCE TRUMP LEFT OFFICE.
HOWEVER, THE KREMLIN SAID THAT ACCUSATION IS NOT TRUE.
THE KREMLIN ALSO CLAIMS RUSSIA, TOO, SENT COVID EQUIPMENT TO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.
TRUMP DENIES THE BOOK’S REPORTING. “PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE HIM [WOODWARD] ABSOLUTELY NO ACCESS FOR THIS TRASH BOOK THAT EITHER BELONGS IN THE BARGAIN BIN OF THE FICTION SECTION OF A DISCOUNT BOOKSTORE OR USED AS TOILET TISSUE,” TRUMP CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON STEVEN CHEUNG TOLD BLOOMBERG.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS APPEARED ON THE HOWARD STERN SHOW TUESDAY SAYING PEOPLE WERE SCRAMBLING TO GET THEIR HANDS ON COVID TESTS IN 2020. “AND THIS GUY WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS SENDING THEM TO RUSSIA, TO A MURDEROUS DICTATOR, FOR HIS PERSONAL USE?” HARRIS SAID. HARRIS ALSO CLAIMS TRUMP ASPIRES TO BE A DICTATOR.
MEANWHILE, TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HAS REPEATEDLY SAID – PUTIN WOULD HAVE NEVER INVADED UKRAINE IF HE HAD BEEN IN OFFICE CALLING THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION “WEAK.”
“WAR” IS DUE OUT ON BOOK SHELVES OCTOBER 15TH.