{"id":112001,"date":"2024-10-09T02:52:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T19:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112001"},"modified":"2024-10-09T02:52:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T19:52:17","slug":"trump-secretly-stayed-in-touch-with-putin-after-leaving-office-book-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112001","title":{"rendered":"Trump Secretly Stayed in Touch With Putin After Leaving Office, Book Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Former President Donald J. Trump has secretly spoken with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as many as seven times since leaving office, even as he was pressuring Republicans to block military aid to Ukraine to fight Russian invaders, according to a new book by the journalist Bob Woodward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The book, titled \u201cWar\u201d and scheduled to be published next week, describes a scene in early 2024 at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump\u2019s estate in Florida, when the former president ordered an aide out of his office so he could conduct a phone call with Mr. Putin. The unidentified aide said the two might have spoken a half-dozen other times since Mr. Trump left the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The book also reports that Mr. Trump, while still in office early during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, secretly sent Mr. Putin what were then rare Abbott Point of Care test machines for the Russian\u2019s personal use. Mr. Putin, who has been described as particularly anxious about being infected at the time, urged Mr. Trump to not publicly reveal the gesture because it could damage the American president politically. \u201cI don\u2019t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me,\u201d Mr. Putin reportedly told him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The disclosures raise new questions about Mr. Trump\u2019s relationship with Mr. Putin just weeks before an election that will determine whether the former president will reclaim the White House. A copy of the book was obtained by The New York Times. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/08\/bob-woodward-new-book-war-trump-putin-biden\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a>, where Mr. Woodward has worked for more than half a century, and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/08\/politics\/bob-woodward-book-war-joe-biden-putin-netanyahu-trump\/index.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>, where he often appears as a commentator, also reported on the book on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Woodward, who rose to fame with his Watergate reporting and regularly produces best-selling books with explosive reporting based on access to high-level sources, attributed his account of the continuing communications between Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin to a single Trump aide who is not named in the book. The aide offered no specific details beyond saying there had been what Mr. Woodward characterized as \u201cmaybe as many as seven\u201d contacts. There was no immediate independent confirmation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s campaign dismissed Mr. Woodward\u2019s book by assailing the author with typically personal insults \u2014 \u201ca total sleazebag\u201d who is \u201cslow, lethargic, incompetent and overall a boring person with no personality\u201d \u2014 without addressing any of the specifics reported in it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"css-1b5b8u1\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M2.5 12a9.5 9.5 0 1 1 19 0 9.5 9.5 0 0 1-19 0Zm8.5 1.75v-7.5h2v7.5h-2Zm0 2v2h2v-2h-2Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<hr\/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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