{"id":112119,"date":"2024-10-09T10:28:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T03:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112119"},"modified":"2024-10-09T10:28:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T03:28:46","slug":"that-son-of-a-bitch-new-woodward-book-reveals-candid-behind-the-scenes-conversations-of-biden-trump-harris-and-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112119","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That son of a bitch\u2019: New Woodward book reveals candid behind-the-scenes conversations of Biden, Trump, Harris and Putin"},"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-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/editor-note\/instances\/cm20cbhgh00393b6m2g5bqwc7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"editor-note\" class=\"editor-note vossi-editor-note inline-placeholder \" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n    <strong>Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0<\/strong><em>The story below contains explicit language<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00073b6mldl2mt3e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In his new book, legendary journalist Bob Woodward offers a remarkable look behind the scenes at President Joe Biden\u2019s blunt, profanity-laced assessments and interactions with the world leaders who have shaped his presidency, from Benjamin Netanyahu to Vladimir Putin.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00083b6mn000fo3a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThat son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he\u2019s a bad guy.\u00a0He\u2019s a bad fucking guy!\u201d Biden declared privately about the Israeli prime minister to one of his associates in the spring of 2024 as Israel\u2019s war in Gaza intensified, Woodward writes.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm20cm65n00013b6mk967c0re@published\" class=\"image_inline-small portrait image_inline-small__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-name=\"Woodward-book-cover-WarI.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.509433962264151\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1060\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/woodward-book-cover-wari.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_inline-small__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_inline-small__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"1060\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/woodward-book-cover-wari.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"1060\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/woodward-book-cover-wari.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"1060\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/woodward-book-cover-wari.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"1060\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/woodward-book-cover-wari.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/woodward-book-cover-wari.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\" alt=\"War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in presidential politics and American history.\" class=\"image_inline-small__dam-img image_inline-small__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_inline-small__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"1060\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00093b6m5xfrgyv2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThat fucking\u00a0Putin,\u201d Biden said to advisers in the Oval Office not long after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, according to Woodward. \u201cPutin is evil. We are dealing with the epitome of evil.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000a3b6mwjbjvwmv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The book, \u201cWar,\u201d also reveals new details about Donald Trump\u2019s private conversations with Putin \u2013 and a secret shipment of Covid-19 testing equipment Trump sent to the Russian president for his personal use during the height of the pandemic. Trump has denied those reports.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000b3b6mpphqy59l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward\u2019s new book, which was obtained by CNN ahead of its October 15 release, gives an unvarnished, in-the-room account of key moments as Biden and his national security team navigate international crises, from the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal to confronting Putin before he invaded Ukraine to private battles with Netanyahu.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000c3b6m8p6v3yl9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand participants, \u201cWar\u201d is filled with newly reported details of high-stakes showdowns. The book explores the political and personal wars that Biden has fought during his presidency, including details about his decision to step aside from the 2024 campaign and conversations about his son Hunter Biden\u2019s legal troubles.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000d3b6mwfa2jspk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Among the new details in \u201cWar\u201d:\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000e3b6m97fffq0w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2013 Woodward writes that Biden\u2019s national security team at one point believed there was a real threat, a 50% chance, that Putin would use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000f3b6mzn2794ef@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2013 Biden said he \u201cshould never have picked\u201d Attorney General Merrick Garland during a conversation over his son\u2019s legal troubles.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000g3b6mah8ivpjg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2013 Biden criticized former President Barack Obama\u2019s handling of Putin\u2019s invasion of Crimea in 2014, concluding that \u201cBarack never took Putin seriously.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000h3b6m2yyzwfrc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u2013 Citing a Trump aide, Woodward reports that there have been \u201cmaybe as many as seven\u201d calls between Trump and Putin since Trump left the White House in 2021.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20hxdby00003b6mvicdknvs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a statement, Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said Trump gave Woodward \u201cabsolutely no access\u201d for the book. \u201cNone of these made up stories by Bob Woodward are true,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20qiy7q00003b6mm374gv7b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Asked about the details that Woodward reports about Biden and Netanyahu, White House senior deputy press secretary Emilie Simons told reporters Tuesday, \u201cThey have a long-term relationship. They have a very honest and direct relationship, and I don\u2019t have a comment on those specific anecdotes.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000j3b6mvdgqug3n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward reports that in the lead-up to Russia\u2019s invasion, the US had obtained a treasure trove of intelligence, which showed \u201cconclusively\u201d in October 2021 that Putin had plans to invade Ukraine with 175,000 troops.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000k3b6mjw6msxx1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was an astonishing intelligence coup from the crown jewels of US intelligence, including a human source inside the Kremlin,\u201d Woodward reports. Human sources are among the most sensitive in the intelligence world.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm20cpdkc00043b6menavm0cd@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-GettyImages-1233483785.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6670833333333334\" data-original-height=\"1601\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1233483785.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1601\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1233483785.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1601\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1233483785.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1601\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1233483785.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1601\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1233483785.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1233483785.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"President Joe Biden, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, pose for press ahead of the US-Russia summit at the Villa La Grange, in Geneva on June 16, 2021. \" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1601\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000l3b6mospukebp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was as if they had secretly entered the enemy commander\u2019s tent and were hunched over the maps, examining the number and movement of brigades and the entire planned sequence on the multifront invasion,\u201d Woodward writes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000m3b6m1ylvkiv6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While Biden and his advisers agreed the plan was \u201cdead serious,\u201d it was still hard for them \u2014 and their allies \u2014 to believe it.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000n3b6m1bcg2mly@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis is what Putin plans to do,\u201d CIA Director Bill Burns said to Biden, according to Woodward.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000o3b6m6xe9ahlp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis would be so crazy,\u201d Biden responded.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000p3b6m7dcr97t0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cJesus Christ!\u201d Biden said. \u201cNow I\u2019ve got to deal with Russia swallowing Ukraine?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000q3b6m7g612awt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Biden confronted Putin with the intelligence twice in December 2021, first in a video conference and then in what Woodward describes as a \u201chot 50-minute call\u201d that became so heated that at one point that Putin \u201craised the risk of nuclear war in a threatening way.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000r3b6mgkzwnlt0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Biden responded by reminding Putin that \u201cit\u2019s impossible to win\u201d a nuclear war.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000s3b6mj3zj7jil@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Despite repeated warnings, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the idea that Putin would actually invade, even after Vice President Kamala Harris told him during a February 2022 meeting at the Munich Security Conference that an invasion was imminent.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000t3b6mpgkuz09c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris told Zelensky he needed to \u201cstart thinking about things like having a succession plan in place to run the country if you are captured or killed or cannot govern.\u201d\u00a0 After the meeting, Woodward writes, Harris said she was worried it might be the last time they ever saw him.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000v3b6mhookmhu3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One of the most dramatic scenes in \u201cWar\u201d reveals just how alarmed Biden and his national security team became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/09\/politics\/us-prepared-rigorously-potential-russian-nuclear-strike-ukraine\/index.html\">over the prospect of Putin using<\/a> nuclear weapons.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000w3b6mc4zek29c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            By September 2022, US intelligence reports deemed \u201cexquisite\u201d revealed a \u201cdeeply unnerving assessment\u201d of Putin \u2014 that he was so desperate about battlefield losses that he might use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000x3b6mjls2hqg0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Based on the alarming new intelligence reports, the White House believed there was\u00a0a 50% chance Russia would use a tactical nuclear weapon \u2014 a striking assessment that had skyrocketed up from 5% and then 10%, Woodward reports.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm20crmzy00063b6mjxw381vb@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-GettyImages-1451130534.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1451130534.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1451130534.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1451130534.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1451130534.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1451130534.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1451130534.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"President Joe Biden, right, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky walk down the Colonnade as they make their way to the Oval Office at the White House on December 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. \" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000y3b6mdspv0p0u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOn all channels, get on the line with the Russians,\u201d Biden instructed his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan. \u201cTell them what we will do in response,\u201d he said, according to Woodward.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq000z3b6mbvtxnpwv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The book recounts a tense phone call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart in October 2022.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00103b6mwqlxrypq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIf you did this, all the restraints that we have been operating under in Ukraine would be reconsidered,\u201d Austin said to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, according to Woodward. \u201cThis would isolate Russia on the world stage to a degree you Russians cannot fully appreciate.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00113b6m7mqknskt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI don\u2019t take kindly to being threatened,\u201d Shoigu responded.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00123b6mwjrfsz1a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMr. Minister,\u201d Austin said, according to Woodward, \u201cI am the leader of the most powerful military in the history of the world. I don\u2019t make threats.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00133b6mq3c15ivk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Two days later, the Russians requested another call. This time, the Russian defense minister dramatically claimed the Ukrainians were planning to use a \u201cdirty bomb\u201d \u2014 a false story the US believed the Kremlin was pushing as a pretext to deploy a nuclear weapon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00143b6mc0tofgwa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe don\u2019t believe you,\u201d Austin said firmly in response, according to Woodward. \u201cWe don\u2019t see any indications of this, and the world will see through this.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00153b6mkcjtzvwk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDon\u2019t do it,\u201d he said to Shoigu.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00163b6m793f4a4o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI understand,\u201d Shoigu replied.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00173b6m0tgt5siy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was probably the most hair-raising moment of the whole war,\u201d Colin Kahl, a senior Pentagon official, later said of the episode.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00193b6msltuboga@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The book also contains new details about Trump\u2019s relationship with the Russian president. In 2020, Woodward writes, Trump had \u201csecretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001a3b6mxh6dbthy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During the height of the pandemic, Russia and the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/02\/europe\/putin-us-coronavirus-medical-supplies-intl\/index.html\">did exchange medical equipment<\/a> such as ventilators. But Putin \u2014 who infamously isolated himself over fears of Covid \u2014 told Trump on a phone call to keep the delivery of the Abbott machines quiet, Woodward reports.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001b3b6mglningb2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cPlease don\u2019t tell anybody you sent these to me,\u201d Putin said to Trump, according to Woodward.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001c3b6myltv100q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d Trump replied. \u201cFine.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm20csqfz00083b6mhmbonf5q@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-GettyImages-1000100034.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1000100034.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1000100034.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1000100034.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1000100034.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1000100034.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1000100034.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"President Donald Trump, left, and and Russia President Vladimir Putin arrive for a meeting in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. \" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001d3b6mi2fx828o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cNo, no,\u201d Putin said. \u201cI don\u2019t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me. They don\u2019t care about me.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm219jedt00003b6lftowksn5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump told ABC News on Tuesday that report is \u201cfalse.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001e3b6mjiotscjb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward writes that Trump has stayed in touch with Putin after leaving office.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001f3b6mffkdmiis@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In one scene, Woodward recounts a moment at Mar-a-Lago where Trump tells a senior aide to leave the room so \u201che could have what he said was a private phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001g3b6mfwjpd7vr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAccording to Trump\u2019s aide, there have been multiple phone calls between Trump and Putin, maybe as many as seven in the period since Trump left the White House in 2021,\u201d Woodward writes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001h3b6m9fltjeg3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward asked Trump\u00a0aide Jason Miller whether Trump and Putin had spoken since he left the White House. \u201cUm, ah, not that, ah, not that I\u2019m aware of,\u201d Miller told Woodward.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001i3b6mtp1adoy2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI have not heard that they\u2019re talking, so I\u2019d push back on that,\u201d Miller added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001j3b6mzriw1ofh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward writes that Biden\u2019s Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines \u201ccarefully hedged\u201d when asked about whether there were any post-presidency Trump-Putin calls.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001k3b6ml01cbokv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI would not purport to be aware of all contacts with Putin. I wouldn\u2019t purport to speak to what President Trump may or may not have done,\u201d Haines said, according to Woodward.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm219l8e800023b6ldfnxbr90@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump denied the reporting in an interview with Newsmax on Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001m3b6mev6ja0v6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward also writes about Trump\u2019s decision to run for president again, including a series of conversations with his ally and golfing buddy, Sen. Lindsey Graham.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001n3b6m6s2k0sjk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cGoing to Mar-a-Lago is a little bit like going to North Korea,\u201d Graham said. \u201cEverybody stands up and claps every time Trump comes in.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001o3b6m8t8tsizx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The South Carolina Republican is quoted as saying Biden \u201cwon fair and square\u201d but that Trump \u201cdoesn\u2019t like to hear that.\u201d Woodward goes on to describe Graham\u2019s attempts to give Trump campaign advice for 2024.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001p3b6m28m9cgpi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cYou\u2019ve got a problem with moderate women,\u201d Graham told Trump after the midterms. \u201cThe people that think that the earth is flat and we didn\u2019t go to the moon, you\u2019ve got them. Let that go.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001q3b6mx8664y79@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Graham repeatedly urged Trump to move on from the 2020 election, telling him if he is reelected, \u201cthen January 6 won\u2019t be your obituary.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001r3b6mv12n00sv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI gave a speech today and I only mentioned the 2020 election twice!\u201d Trump said to Graham a few days later, \u201cas if it\u00a0had shown maximum restraint,\u201d Woodward writes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001s3b6mgxz2qjqk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As Trump framed his presidential campaign around fear, Woodward writes that Graham said of the former president: \u201cTrump is becoming more erratic. These court cases. I think they would rattle anybody.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001u3b6mf5488le6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Woodward describes the roller-coaster relationship between Biden and Netanyahu. While Biden supported Israel publicly, he fought with Netanyahu behind the scenes over how Israel was conducting the war in Gaza.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001v3b6mvky9p027@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWhat\u2019s your strategy, man?\u201d Biden asked Netanyahu during an April phone call, Woodward reports.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001w3b6m90jofnik@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe have to go into Rafah,\u201d Netanyahu said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001x3b6mbgpozwk5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBibi, you\u2019ve got no strategy.\u201d Biden responded.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001y3b6m8xis3zvk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That same month, Israel launched a strike in Syria that killed a top general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, prompting Iran to launch more than 100 ballistic missiles in response, the first time that Iran had fired missiles from its territory directly at Israel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq001z3b6m1s19228g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The US, along with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other US allies, came to Israel\u2019s defense. While nearly all of the Iranian missiles were intercepted, Netanyahu wanted to retaliate.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00203b6myt8fizm2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Biden told Netanyahu on a call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/13\/politics\/biden-iran-israel-attack\/index.html\">to \u201ctake the win,\u201d<\/a> though the Israeli prime minister pushed back. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to make another move. Do nothing,\u201d Biden said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00213b6moo0g4ueg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the end, Israel launched a limited, calibrated strike against Iran, which Biden considered a win.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00223b6m63ap0n1u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI know he\u2019s going to do something but the way I limit it is tell him to \u2018Do nothing,\u2019\u201d Biden told his advisers, according to Woodward.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00233b6m67hodho5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Biden\u2019s frustration with Netanyahu boiled over as the war continued to escalate.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00243b6m0pngube1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe\u2019s a fucking liar,\u201d Biden said privately of Netanyahu, after Israel went into Rafah, Woodward writes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00253b6m9tuzlk7p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBibi, what the fuck?\u201d Biden yelled at Netanyahu in July after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/30\/middleeast\/beirut-explosion-hezbollah-stronghold-intl-latam\/index.html\">an Israeli airstrike<\/a> killed a top Hezbollah military commander and three civilians in Beirut, according to Woodward.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00263b6m4k6xbhwz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cYou know the perception of Israel around the world increasingly is that you\u2019re a rogue state, a rogue actor,\u201d Biden said to Netanyahu.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00273b6m1o0yoomz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Netanyahu responded that the target was \u201cone of the leading terrorists.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00283b6msg6yj8zz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe saw an opportunity and took it,\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cThe harder you hit, the more successful you\u2019re going to be in the negotiation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002a3b6mb1e8kddo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward\u2019s book also contains notable details about Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who had been discussing the prospect of normalizing relations with Israel before the October 7 attack.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002b3b6m2mjho4we@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the aftermath of the attack, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken conducted a whirlwind trip through the Middle East, trying to negotiate humanitarian assistance for Gaza. By the time Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia to meet MBS, he was exhausted.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002c3b6m6masszkd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But the crown prince, a night owl, kept Blinken and his team up all night before finally meeting. Woodward quotes Blinken saying, \u201cMBS was nothing more than a spoiled child.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm20ct8ea000a3b6m5mhl2shp@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-GettyImages-1910194350.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1910194350.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1910194350.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1910194350.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1910194350.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1910194350.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1910194350.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at al-Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia on January 8.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002d3b6mvtt3ej6s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a later conversation, Blinken asked the Saudi crown prince about his demand for a path to a Palestinian state before Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002e3b6mhzoeoezj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDo I want it?\u201d MBS said and tapped his heart, Woodard writes. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter that much. Do I need it? Absolutely.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002f3b6m6m1n9r4m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward also recounts a meeting that Graham, the South Carolina senator, had with the crown prince in March.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002g3b6mxr9g9uvv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHey, let\u2019s call Trump,\u201d Graham said to MBS while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/24\/politics\/trump-looms-large-over-bidens-high-stakes-long-shot-talks-on-israel-saudi-normalization\/index.html\">visiting with the Saudi leader<\/a> in March.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002h3b6ms2njz2lx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            What happened next offers a fascinating window into how the Saudi leader operates and communicates with various world leaders and government officials. Woodward writes that bin Salman had an aide bring over a bag with about 50 burner phones, pulling out one labeled \u201cTRUMP 45.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002i3b6m7vuihp3d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Among the others in the bag, Woodward writes, was a burner labeled \u201cJAKE SULLIVAN.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cm20cjwxh003v3b6m1aujwogv@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"should-never-have-picked-garland\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n        \u2018Should never have picked Garland\u2019<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002k3b6mzjkc4e3c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The book also documents Biden\u2019s personal and political struggles, including what Biden calls Trump in private, a surprising phone call from former President George W. Bush, Biden\u2019s frustration with Obama and regrets about his selection of his attorney general Merrick Garland.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002l3b6m45v7rejt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While Biden rarely invokes Trump\u2019s name publicly, referring to him as \u201cmy predecessor\u201d or \u201cthe former guy,\u201d in private, Biden calls him \u201cthat fucking asshole,\u201d Woodward writes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002m3b6mrnhcc81z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After the disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Biden received a commiserating phone call from another member of the president\u2019s club.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002n3b6mvefe7han@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOh boy, I can understand what you\u2019re going through,\u201d Bush said to Biden. \u201cI got fucked by my intel people, too,\u201d Woodward writes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002o3b6m5id179c6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ahead of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Biden complained that Obama didn\u2019t do enough to stop Putin in 2014, when the Russian leader invaded Crimea.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002p3b6m87iu19cs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThey fucked up in 2014,\u201d Biden said to a friend, according to Woodward. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are here. We fucked it up. Barack never took Putin seriously.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002q3b6mxkynzkwt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Biden added, \u201cWe did nothing. We gave Putin a license to continue!\u201d Biden was angry: \u201cWell, I\u2019m revoking his fucking license!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002r3b6mv04pdfkg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Biden has remained hands off\u00a0with the Justice Department. But privately, Woodward reveals the president\u2019s anger at the prosecution of his son, especially toward his attorney general.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002s3b6mc97erdy7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cShould never have picked Garland,\u201d Biden once told an associate, Woodward reports. \u201cThis is never going to fucking go away,\u201d Biden complained.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002t3b6mp3aa20lx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward also describes a scene between father and son at the White House in the spring of 2022. The president was having dinner with a friend, when Hunter Biden came in, sat down and began talking about why he was the person with the most to lose from the midterm elections.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002u3b6mjxdw3ukj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHunter rambled on about his personal crisis,\u201d Woodward writes. \u201cPresident Biden leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and sighed.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002v3b6ml2qd5yy1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            By the summer of 2024, questions about Biden\u2019s ability to stay in the race consumed the White House and the Democratic Party after his disastrous debate performance. Over the next several weeks, Biden dug in, and insisted he would not drop out.<s\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002w3b6mtnwc154a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward writes that Blinken \u2014 who is known for his loyalty and close relationship to Biden \u2014 addressed the sensitive issue during a private lunch on July 4.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002x3b6m0k0bpv52@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI don\u2019t want to see your legacy jeopardized. Anyone who is written about gets one sentence. That\u2019s the legacy,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cIf this decision leads you to staying in and winning reelection, great. If it leads to you staying in and losing reelection, that\u2019s the sentence.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq002y3b6m7e849psl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Blinken then asked Biden: \u201cCan you see yourself doing it for another four years? You\u2019ve got to answer that question.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cm20ck73d003y3b6mxyvd87g5@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"biden-harris-and-the-f-bomb\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n        Biden, Harris and the \u2018f-bomb\u2019<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00303b6m9sz6sc5d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When Biden dropped out on July 21, he immediately endorsed Harris, allowing her to consolidate Democratic support and avoid messy party infighting.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00313b6m1pz4qwrg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He also remembered what it was like not to get the president\u2019s endorsement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00323b6mrivkh2ok@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI think it probably harkens back to the way Biden felt he didn\u2019t get that from President Obama back in 2016,\u201d Blinken said, according to Woodward. \u201cHe was disappointed. He felt that, you know, as his vice president that\u2019s the normal and natural order.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm20cu8vh000c3b6mvg0idma7@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-GettyImages-2167500676.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-2167500676.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-2167500676.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-2167500676.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-2167500676.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-2167500676.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-2167500676.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris, right, and President Joe Biden greet each other at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19 in Chicago.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00333b6mgbo589ot@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWar\u201d offers a glimpse into Harris\u2019 private dealings with Biden as his vice president. Woodward writes that at one point she was concerned about Biden\u2019s isolation and called one of his closest associates.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00343b6mkxpe49o6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI\u2019m calling to ask you \u2014 to really beg you, actually \u2014 could you please talk to the president more than you talk to him?\u201d Harris said to Biden\u2019s friend. \u201cYour president really loves you. You should talk to him more often than you do.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00353b6mak7ak97j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Woodward writes: \u201cThe Biden associate was candid with the vice president. Look, one of the biggest reasons that Biden calls me, the associate said, is I provide him a level of comfort to the point where he can swear freely about \u2018what a fucking asshole Joe Manchin is.\u2019\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20ca6yq00363b6mp1nxv99w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The vice president laughed. \u201cThat might be the only reason that he still really is comfortable with me to a point,\u201d Harris said, according to Woodward, \u201cbecause he knows that I\u2019m the only person around who knows how to properly pronounce the word <em>motherfucker<\/em>.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm20i6h7700003b6m7nr517ii@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with additional reaction.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/08\/politics\/bob-woodward-book-war-joe-biden-putin-netanyahu-trump\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0The story below contains explicit language CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 In his new book, legendary journalist Bob Woodward offers a remarkable look behind the scenes at President Joe Biden\u2019s blunt, profanity-laced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112119\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}