{"id":112165,"date":"2024-10-09T13:31:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112165"},"modified":"2024-10-09T13:31:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T06:31:55","slug":"trump-spoke-with-putin-at-least-seven-times-since-leaving-white-house-bob-woodward-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112165","title":{"rendered":"Trump spoke with Putin at least seven times since leaving White House, Bob Woodward reports"},"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 id=\"main\">\n<div data-testid=\"nsc-wrapper-support-us\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-0 hAqRAM\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-1 jbZASd\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-14 bFnbmL\">\n<h3 data-testid=\"support-nsc-title\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-2 horJcb\">Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><amp-accordion animate=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-container\" i-amphtml-layout=\"container\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"sc-16ay7ps-18 bfRLhE\">\n<h4 class=\"sc-16ay7ps-3 bOpeIR\"><button class=\"sc-16ay7ps-4 jyAPhF closed-trigger\" data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-8 kDWcOx\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-7 fiytbn\">Find out more<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 bNRJWU sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-16ay7ps-5 jJxovk\"><use href=\"#d5d9764c65d2cfa2\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button class=\"sc-16ay7ps-4 jyAPhF open-trigger\" data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-8 kDWcOx\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-7 fiytbn\">Close<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 bNRJWU sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-16ay7ps-5 sc-16ay7ps-6 jJxovk cOIZLt\"><use href=\"#d5d9764c65d2cfa2\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-19 gdfHuZ\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"support-nsc-collapsed-content\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-9 hYsSsu\">As your White House correspondent, I ask the tough questions and seek the answers that matter.<\/p>\n<p>Your support enables me to be in the room, pressing for transparency and accountability. Without your contributions, we wouldn&#8217;t have the resources to challenge those in power.<\/p>\n<p><b>Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election<\/b><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"support-nsc-author\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-10 kOmKsa\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/support-us\/andrew-feinberg.png\" alt=\"Head shot of Andrew Feinberg\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-13 jgqbGv\"\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-16ay7ps-11 dCfwpJ\">Andrew Feinberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-16ay7ps-12 kLQwYY\">White House Correspondent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/amp-accordion><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> has reportedly spoken with Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/vladimir-putin\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> as many as seven times since leaving the White House.<\/p>\n<p>A new book from journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/bob-woodward\">Bob Woodward<\/a> includes extensive reporting about president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s \u201cblunt, profanity-laced\u201d behind-the-scenes responses to Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine and Israel\u2019s war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Woodward\u2019s <em>War<\/em> \u2013 his fourth book since Mr Trump won in 2016, excerpts of which <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/08\/politics\/bob-woodward-book-war-joe-biden-putin-netanyahu-trump\/index.html\">were published by CNN<\/a> \u2013 also contains previously unreported details about the former president\u2019s relationship with the authoritarian leader, including a moment at Mar-a-Lago where he told a senior aide to leave the room so they could have a \u201cprivate phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\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 Mr Woodward writes.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Woodward reports that he asked chief Trump aide Jason Miller whether Mr Trump and Mr Putin have spoken since leaving the White House in January 2021, to which Mr Miller replied: \u201cUm, ah, not that, ah, not that I\u2019m aware of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not heard that they\u2019re talking, so I\u2019d push back on that,\u201d Mr Miller added, according to Mr Woodward.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Biden\u2019s director of national intelligence Avril Haines \u201ccarefully hedged\u201d when Mr Woodward asked about whether there were any post-presidency calls between Mr Trump and Mr Putin, the famed journalist writes.<\/p>\n<p>\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 Ms Haines told Mr Woodward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 eOHevC image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cpcmmN\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-482ou5-0 goVTXI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/08\/15\/2024-10-07T012908Z_1150238276_RC2Y8AA726UP_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-PUTIN.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/08\/15\/2024-10-07T012908Z_1150238276_RC2Y8AA726UP_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-PUTIN.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/08\/15\/2024-10-07T012908Z_1150238276_RC2Y8AA726UP_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-PUTIN.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin, pictured in a Kremlin-provided photo on September 27, reportedly spoke with Donald Trump at least seven times since the former president left the White House\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ inline-gallery-btn\" on=\"tap:auto-image-gallery,inline-image-carousel.goToSlide(index=0)\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-gallery-length=\"3\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 hiCdLa liXvvg\">Vladimir Putin, pictured in a Kremlin-provided photo on September 27, reportedly spoke with Donald Trump at least seven times since the former president left the White House<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 izyooE\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Reuters<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr Trump\u2019s 2024 presidential campaign has vehemently denied Mr Woodward\u2019s reporting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone 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,\u201d campaign communications director Steven Cheung told <em>The Independent <\/em>on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoodward is an angry, little man and is clearly upset because President Trump is successfully suing him because of the unauthorised publishing of recordings he made previously,\u201d Cheung added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident 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,\u201d according to Mr Cheung. \u201cWoodward is a total sleazebag who has lost it mentally, and he\u2019s slow, lethargic, incompetent and overall a boring person with no personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Mr Woodward have sought to dismiss a nearly $50m lawsuit from Mr Trump, who has accused the journalist of releasing tapes of their interviews for a separate book without his consent. Mr Woodward interviewed Mr Trump at last 19 times between December 2019 and August 2020 for <em>Rage<\/em>, which was published in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In court filings, Mr Woodward\u2019s team has argued that the journalist made fair use of Trump\u2019s interviews, which were examples of \u201cclassic news reporting\u201d that advanced \u201cthe need to convey information to the public accurately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump himself \u2013 while standing next to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York City last month \u2013 has said he has a \u201cvery good relationship\u201d with Mr Putin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think if we win, we\u2019re going to get it resolved very quickly,\u201d Mr Trump told reporters on September 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope we have more good relations between us,\u201d Mr Zelensky interjected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 eOHevC image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cpcmmN\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-482ou5-0 kiOeCY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/08\/15\/2173922474.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/08\/15\/2173922474.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/08\/15\/2173922474.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in New York City on September 27\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ inline-gallery-btn\" on=\"tap:auto-image-gallery,inline-image-carousel.goToSlide(index=2)\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-gallery-length=\"3\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 hiCdLa liXvvg\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in New York City on September 27<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 izyooE\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Getty<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr Woodward\u2019s <em>War<\/em> does not describe their alleged conversations, but the interactions between Mr Trump and Mr Putin have shaped Mr Woodward\u2019s reporting that allegations of Mr Trump\u2019s corruption have made him the \u201cmost reckless and impulsive president in American history and is demonstrating the very same character as a presidential candidate in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Woodward\u2019s reporting famously unraveled the presidency of Richard Nixon, whose Watergate scandal was exposed in a series of damning reports by Mr Woodward and his colleague at <em>The Washington Post<\/em> Carl Bernstein.<\/p>\n<p>His latest book also reports that Mr Trump had secretly sent Mr Putin several Covid-19 test machines for his personal use at the height of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Russia and the US did exchange medical equipment at the time, but Mr Putin reportedly told Mr Trump to keep the deployment of testing machines quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease don\u2019t tell anybody you sent these to me,\u201d Mr Putin told Mr Trump, according to the journalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d Mr Trump replied, Mr Woodward writes. \u201cFine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no,\u201d Mr Putin reportedly said. \u201cI don\u2019t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me. 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