In the midst of a pandemic, Donald Trump secretly sent Covid-19 screening tests to Vladimir Putin, when he was President of the United States and his country lacked them. This is one of the assertions in the new book by Bob Woodward, legend of American journalism. White House behind-the-scenes columnist for the Washington Post for half a century, he had exposed the Watergate scandal, which resulted in the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
In his new book which will be published on October 15, “War”, he also writes that Donald Trump maintained a personal relationship with the Russian president, despite the invasion of Ukraine. According to the American media which had access to the book, Vladimir Putin received the tests and urged Donald Trump not to say anything: “I don’t want you to tell anyone, people will be angry with you, not at Me.”
Donald Trump has reportedly spoken to Vladimir Putin in secret up to seven times since leaving the White House in 2021. Earlier this year, at his Mar-a-Lago stronghold in Florida, he begged an aide to leave his office to have a telephone conversation with the Russian president.
“Toilet paper”
“None of these stories fabricated by Bob Woodward are true, it is the work of a truly insane and unbalanced man,” responded Steven Cheung, one of the spokespersons for the Republican candidate, in a statement. in the presidential election. He also said the book “could serve as toilet paper.”
Democratic rival of Donald Trump, Vice-President Kamala Harris is indignant: “Everyone in America was struggling to get kits and this guy is sending them to Russia, to a murderous dictator, for his personal use?” For her, “this is just the latest and most striking example of who Trump is.”
