Putin, petrified of the virus, accepted the supplies but took pains to prevent political fallout — not for him, but for his American counterpart. He cautioned Trump not to reveal that he had dispatched the scarce medical equipment to Moscow, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor [Bob Woodward](https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/bob-woodward/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4).
Putin, according to the book, told Trump, “I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me.”
Four years later, the personal relationship between the two men appears to have persisted, Woodward reports, as Trump campaigns to return to the White House and Putin orchestrates his bloody assault on Ukraine. In early 2024, the former president ordered an aide away from his office at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida, so he could conduct a private phone call with the Russian leader, according to Woodward’s account.
Didn’t think I could hate this guy any more than I already do
Phizza921 on
What? Woodward says Trump has been on the phone to Putin, even now? This needs to be over all the airwaves pronto
Orbitingkittenfarm on
“But the unnamed Trump aide cited in the book indicated that the GOP standard-bearer may have spoken to Putin as many as seven times since Trump left the White House in 2021.”
Magnon on
Putin is trumps overlord where trump gets money. Trump has zero loyalty to America.
Boring_Difference_12 on
Some say it with flowers, some say it with COVID tests.
NeanaOption on
“America first” my ass
yoppee on
Selling out America
PhillipKDickens on
There is no way they hand the federal government to Trump. The oath is to defend and protect the Constitution. Trump is an enemy of our Constitution. Handing the government to him ends that.
TriflingHotDogVendor on
Him calling Putin seven times since 2021, too. Media really burying the lede on that one.
And Lindsay Graham described Mar a Lago as being “like North Korea.”. Which is hilarious, if not as important.
Junglepass on
Also Trump horded PPE from states. Asking for loyalty to give it to them.
chillywanton on
Do you guys remember when Trump/Kushner stockpiled COVID supplies for their own “personal use” basically (which means they used it as a means of control and probably bribery) and left the states to fend for themselves? Additionally, remember reports that the federal governement under him at the time conviscating PPE and such from local supplies?
Wonder where all that went…
case31 on
It shows that Trump accepted the fact that COVID was a serious threat as he immediately helped his buddy at the expense of American citizens.
SockPuppet-47 on
Thank God he didn’t do it while wearing a tan suit and eating a hot dog with fancy mustard while he did that. Otherwise the Republicans would have thrown a serious hissy fit.
Amazing-Artichoke330 on
Trump has obviously been a Russian asset for years.
redsandsfort on
America first! Did I get that correct?
Yhada on
He also sent PPE supplies to China. So he helped our allies….China and Russia. Got it.
Russiagate was real in 2016, real in 2020, and still real in 2024.
Get this fuckin Russian puppet bitch out of our political system!
danfirst on
So this is him being tough on Russia, right?
Quirky_Discipline297 on
Treasonous, traitor, insurrectionist, rapist, embezzler, but the only three words that matter are rich, white, and GOP.
bberlinn on
Now we understand why Trump has hardly condemned Putin for invading Russia and favoured an end to the conflict that allows Putin to own part of Ukraine. This is treason. This is more than disqualifies Trump for the presidency.
michaelrulaz on
It’s the hiding it that makes it worse.
If Trump sent a few boxes solely for Putin to use and admitted it. I’d probably think it’s ridiculous but I’d understand that world leaders need to be cautious and that a dead Putin would destabilize Russia in a bad time. I understand why we need all world leaders to function.
But the issue is he only sent them to Putin and no other leader. He hid the fact he did it. Putin asked him to lie, and he did. What a piece of shit
HowardTaftMD on
I don’t know about this new book but Bob Woodwards other books were really interesting reads. Worth the price of admission just to read Trump’s love letters to Kim Jong Un even though he (Trump) was not smart enough to realize the guy writing him back was probably just some guy working for Kims administration and pulling on Trump’s heart strings pretending to be Kim. Very funny if you ignore that the guy (Trump) was the President of the United States.
hamilton280P on
Literal Treason. Aiding an enemy when we have a domestic shortage is insanity
viktor72 on
To this day, I’ll never understand how a near majority of Silents and Boomers (and even Gen Xers) turned from being anti-Russia, anti-Soviet Union, having grown up during the Cold War (and many having fought the Soviet Union in Korea, Vietnam…), to being pro-Russia in their support of Trump. There are a lot of insane things Trump has managed to get his supporters to believe, but the going soft on Russia one has to be one of the most befuddling. These people literally did a 180 on a country that dominated the second half of the 20th century as our biggest enemy both in peacetime and in war.
Like, do they remember Rocky haha!?
pantsmeplz on
“No puppet! No puppet! You’re the puppet!”
ButtholeCharles on
Donald Trump is a traitor.
Period.
He was sending tests to Russia while American people were struggling to find them, and he’s maintained contact with Putin this whole time.
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As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a [shortage of tests](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/18/timeline-coronavirus-testing/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly sent coveted tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use.
Putin, petrified of the virus, accepted the supplies but took pains to prevent political fallout — not for him, but for his American counterpart. He cautioned Trump not to reveal that he had dispatched the scarce medical equipment to Moscow, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor [Bob Woodward](https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/bob-woodward/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4).
Putin, according to the book, told Trump, “I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me.”
Four years later, the personal relationship between the two men appears to have persisted, Woodward reports, as Trump campaigns to return to the White House and Putin orchestrates his bloody assault on Ukraine. In early 2024, the former president ordered an aide away from his office at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida, so he could conduct a private phone call with the Russian leader, according to Woodward’s account.
Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/bob-woodward-new-book-war-trump-putin-biden/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/bob-woodward-new-book-war-trump-putin-biden/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)
Wow. What a prick.
But it’s the “Russia hoax,” right?
Putin owns this prick.
But, but, but immigrants!!!!
Didn’t think I could hate this guy any more than I already do
What? Woodward says Trump has been on the phone to Putin, even now? This needs to be over all the airwaves pronto
“But the unnamed Trump aide cited in the book indicated that the GOP standard-bearer may have spoken to Putin as many as seven times since Trump left the White House in 2021.”
Putin is trumps overlord where trump gets money. Trump has zero loyalty to America.
Some say it with flowers, some say it with COVID tests.
“America first” my ass
Selling out America
There is no way they hand the federal government to Trump. The oath is to defend and protect the Constitution. Trump is an enemy of our Constitution. Handing the government to him ends that.
Him calling Putin seven times since 2021, too. Media really burying the lede on that one.
And Lindsay Graham described Mar a Lago as being “like North Korea.”. Which is hilarious, if not as important.
Also Trump horded PPE from states. Asking for loyalty to give it to them.
Do you guys remember when Trump/Kushner stockpiled COVID supplies for their own “personal use” basically (which means they used it as a means of control and probably bribery) and left the states to fend for themselves? Additionally, remember reports that the federal governement under him at the time conviscating PPE and such from local supplies?
Wonder where all that went…
It shows that Trump accepted the fact that COVID was a serious threat as he immediately helped his buddy at the expense of American citizens.
Thank God he didn’t do it while wearing a tan suit and eating a hot dog with fancy mustard while he did that. Otherwise the Republicans would have thrown a serious hissy fit.
Trump has obviously been a Russian asset for years.
America first! Did I get that correct?
He also sent PPE supplies to China. So he helped our allies….China and Russia. Got it.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-tons-ppe-china/
Russiagate was real in 2016, real in 2020, and still real in 2024.
Get this fuckin Russian puppet bitch out of our political system!
So this is him being tough on Russia, right?
Treasonous, traitor, insurrectionist, rapist, embezzler, but the only three words that matter are rich, white, and GOP.
Now we understand why Trump has hardly condemned Putin for invading Russia and favoured an end to the conflict that allows Putin to own part of Ukraine. This is treason. This is more than disqualifies Trump for the presidency.
It’s the hiding it that makes it worse.
If Trump sent a few boxes solely for Putin to use and admitted it. I’d probably think it’s ridiculous but I’d understand that world leaders need to be cautious and that a dead Putin would destabilize Russia in a bad time. I understand why we need all world leaders to function.
But the issue is he only sent them to Putin and no other leader. He hid the fact he did it. Putin asked him to lie, and he did. What a piece of shit
I don’t know about this new book but Bob Woodwards other books were really interesting reads. Worth the price of admission just to read Trump’s love letters to Kim Jong Un even though he (Trump) was not smart enough to realize the guy writing him back was probably just some guy working for Kims administration and pulling on Trump’s heart strings pretending to be Kim. Very funny if you ignore that the guy (Trump) was the President of the United States.
Literal Treason. Aiding an enemy when we have a domestic shortage is insanity
To this day, I’ll never understand how a near majority of Silents and Boomers (and even Gen Xers) turned from being anti-Russia, anti-Soviet Union, having grown up during the Cold War (and many having fought the Soviet Union in Korea, Vietnam…), to being pro-Russia in their support of Trump. There are a lot of insane things Trump has managed to get his supporters to believe, but the going soft on Russia one has to be one of the most befuddling. These people literally did a 180 on a country that dominated the second half of the 20th century as our biggest enemy both in peacetime and in war.
Like, do they remember Rocky haha!?
“No puppet! No puppet! You’re the puppet!”
Donald Trump is a traitor.
Period.
He was sending tests to Russia while American people were struggling to find them, and he’s maintained contact with Putin this whole time.
Fucking Traitor!