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Trump Secretly Sent COVID-19 Tests to Putin During 2020 Shortage, Had Seven Calls Post-Presidency

Oct 8, 2024, 02:41 PM

According to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward, former President Donald Trump secretly sent COVID-19 tests and testing machines to Russian President Vladimir Putin for personal use during the 2020 pandemic, a time when the United States faced a significant shortage of these tests. Additionally, since leaving office in 2021, Trump has reportedly had as many as seven phone conversations with Putin. The book reveals that Putin advised Trump to keep the transfer of tests secret to avoid public backlash.