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"Donald Trump secretly sent Covid-19 testing machines to Vladimir Putin in the
early stages of the pandemic when such resources were in short supply, the
veteran reporter Bob Woodward reveals in an eagerly awaited new book.
According to Woodward, Trump “secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of
Care Covid test machines for his personal use”.
In response, the Russian president told his US counterpart: “I don’t want you
to tell anybody because people will get mad at you.”
Remarkably, Woodward also reports that the relationship between the two men,
hugely controversial during Trump’s first presidential campaign and subsequent
four years in the White House, has continued since Trump has been out of power,
through as many as seven private calls.
The revelations were among many published by US outlets on Tuesday, among them
dramatic scenes of Joe Biden warning Putin not to use nuclear weapons in
Ukraine and new reporting about how Biden was this summer convinced to step
aside as the Democratic nominee for president, clearing the way for the
vice-president, Kamala Harris, to challenge Trump in November.
Now 81 – the same age as Biden – Woodward has been a Washington institution
since the 1970s, when his work with Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal led
to Richard Nixon’s resignation as president. Following three scoop-filled books
on Trump’s presidency –
Fear,
Rage and
Peril, the last co-written with
Robert Costa – Woodward’s new book,
War, considers key events under Biden
including the Russian war in Ukraine, Israel’s war against Hamas, and political
battles at home. It will be published next week.
Excerpts were released by Woodward’s two employers, the
Washington Post and
CNN."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
