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Trump spoke to Putin since leaving office, Bob Woodward says in book
Los Angeles Times ^ | October 8, 2024 10:05 AM PT | Michelle L. Price and Meg Kinnard

Posted on 10/08/2024 1:20:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test machines during the height of the pandemic, Bob Woodward reported in his new book “War.”

In the famed Watergate reporter’s latest book, Woodward reports that Trump asked an aide to leave his office at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, so that the former president could have a private call with Putin in early 2024. The aide, whom Woodward doesn’t name, said there have been multiple calls between Trump and Putin since Trump left office, perhaps as many as seven in that period, according to the book.

Woodward also reports that Trump sent Putin COVID-19 test machines for his personal use as the virus began spreading in 2020. Putin told Trump not to tell anyone because people would be mad at Trump over it, but Trump said he didn’t care if anyone knew, according to the book. Trump ended up agreeing not to tell anyone.

Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director, derided the reporting as “made up stories” and said the book is a work of fiction that could double as toilet paper.

“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,” Cheung said in a statement.

He added: “President Trump gave him 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. Woodward is a total sleazebag who has lost it mentally, and he’s slow, lethargic, incompetent and overall a boring person with no personality.”

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TOPICS: Humor
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1 posted on 10/08/2024 1:20:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"...Woodward is a total sleazebag who has lost it mentally, and he’s slow, lethargic, incompetent and overall a boring person with no personality..."

Perfect book review for a perfect scumbag.

2 posted on 10/08/2024 1:21:46 PM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Bob Woodward reporting!!!


3 posted on 10/08/2024 1:25:50 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Did he say Trump wanted to bring Ukraine into nato?


4 posted on 10/08/2024 1:26:23 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And why shouldn’t he? Most Presidents talk to foreign leaders after leaving office, even if they are removed by treasonous stolen elections.


5 posted on 10/08/2024 1:26:25 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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You know they’re getting desperate when they’re bringing up abortion and Russia.


6 posted on 10/08/2024 1:27:08 PM PDT by DarrellZero (.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good! Trump is a decent man.


7 posted on 10/08/2024 1:27:16 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: rlmorel

Agreed.


8 posted on 10/08/2024 1:29:34 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Harpotoo

No. That’s not in his plan.


9 posted on 10/08/2024 1:29:41 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I have no doubt Trump has talked to everybody multiple times. 😏


10 posted on 10/08/2024 1:29:49 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Woodward also reports that Trump sent Putin COVID-19 test machines for his personal use as the virus began spreading in 2020. Putin told Trump not to tell anyone because people would be mad at Trump over it, but Trump said he didn’t care if anyone knew, according to the book. Trump ended up agreeing not to tell anyone.

Even if that were true, why would that be a bad thing?


11 posted on 10/08/2024 1:31:00 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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Woodward is getting senile


12 posted on 10/08/2024 1:32:10 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefobest thing we c)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sending the covid test machines is exactly the sort of behavior that makes me adore Trump. Decent, kind and charitable to all. That’s what makes it so tough to read what they do to a man of such heart and character.


13 posted on 10/08/2024 1:33:23 PM PDT by mairdie (Trump (I Will Win) - Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma https://youtu.be/MigUKGKr-nQ)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Does being a lying POS give you longevity?

Seems too. Asking for a friend.


14 posted on 10/08/2024 1:33:24 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you"e)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Stephen Cheung has a way with words. He might be a fun White House Presss Secretary for Trump


15 posted on 10/08/2024 1:33:42 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: rlmorel

Woodward and Bernstein were former military intelligence, not journalists.


16 posted on 10/08/2024 1:34:58 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs (Imagine what we'll know tomorrow.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And on many occasions Obama spoke to foreign leaders after he was out of office. For example, as a private citizen, Obama had a private meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. So what’s your point? Or are you simply trying to slime Trump through yellow journalism?

By the way, Putin endorsed Kamala anyway.


17 posted on 10/08/2024 1:35:14 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sounds like a script written by Hillary Clinton and John Brennan


18 posted on 10/08/2024 1:36:13 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just another attempt by the communists to revive the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. Probably nearly half the country still believes it’s true.


19 posted on 10/08/2024 1:36:55 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: McGavin999
Woodward must have used AI to create that bunch of lies!
20 posted on 10/08/2024 1:40:06 PM PDT by timestax
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