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Mr. Sparkle

(3,111 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:08 AM Oct 8

Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says

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Source: Washington Post

As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a shortage of tests designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly sent coveted tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use.

Putin, petrified of the virus, accepted the supplies but took pains to prevent political fallout — not for him, but for his American counterpart. He cautioned Trump not to reveal that he had dispatched the scarce medical equipment to Moscow, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward.

Putin, according to the book, told Trump, “I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me.”

Four years later, the personal relationship between the two men appears to have persisted, Woodward reports, as Trump campaigns to return to the White House and Putin orchestrates his bloody assault on Ukraine. In early 2024, the former president ordered an aide away from his office at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida, so he could conduct a private phone call with the Russian leader, according to Woodward’s account.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/bob-woodward-new-book-war-trump-putin-biden/

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Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle Oct 8 OP

When did Woodward know about this? Botany Oct 8 #1

"War" is actually about Biden's administration underpants Oct 8 #3

Thanks for posting this Bayard Oct 8 #6

Not totally about Biden, since the allegation Trump sent Covid tests to Putin was during his administration. ificandream Oct 8 #10

Well, this is Woodward's Biden book underpants Oct 8 #11

Lengthy article, no paywall, was able to download to read later. Thanks! Hekate Oct 8 #13

Pay site Bayard Oct 8 #2

See post 3 underpants Oct 8 #4

NYTimes has it, too central scrutinizer Oct 8 #9

He did this, while bluestarone Oct 8 #5

Trump and Putin are pals-each wants the other alive to help them. riversedge Oct 8 #7

This Traitor-Turd cared more for the Russians ... Tarzanrock Oct 8 #8

So, he literally had an opportunity to kill Putin (who would have had to swab his nose to use the test). maxsolomon Oct 8 #12

But of course he did Cirsium Oct 8 #14

Don't forget Snoopy 7 Oct 8 #15

AND he rushed 10 million vaccines EACH to Isreal and the UAE peppertree Oct 8 #16

AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Oct 8 #17

Botany

(72,475 posts)

1. When did Woodward know about this?

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:11 AM

Oct 8

Before the 2020 election?

I bet Trump didn’t send the C-19 test kits that he and Jared produced that didn’t work but the German
made ones from the W.H.O..

underpants

(186,612 posts)

3. "War" is actually about Biden's administration

Reply to Botany (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:20 AM

Oct 8

So it was after 2020.

Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand participants, “War” 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’s legal troubles.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/bob-woodward-book-war-joe-biden-putin-netanyahu-trump/index.html

Bayard

(24,145 posts)

6. Thanks for posting this

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:56 AM

Oct 8

An eye-opening report, especially in regards to what he actually thinks about some people. Liberal use of, "fucking!"

The frustrating thing about books like this is that so much of it is here say, not direct quotes. I know he can't name sources, but, it would be good to know just how close these people were.

ificandream

(10,507 posts)

10. Not totally about Biden, since the allegation Trump sent Covid tests to Putin was during his administration.

Reply to Bayard (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 12:18 PM

Oct 8

underpants

(186,612 posts)

11. Well, this is Woodward's Biden book

Reply to ificandream (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 12:24 PM

Oct 8

Every POTUS let’s Bob in for a book.

Hekate

(94,623 posts)

13. Lengthy article, no paywall, was able to download to read later. Thanks!

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 01:46 PM

Oct 8

Bayard

(24,145 posts)

2. Pay site

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:17 AM

Oct 8

Who told Woodward this, and has it been confirmed?

underpants

(186,612 posts)

4. See post 3

Reply to Bayard (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:21 AM

Oct 8

There’s a good long CNN article about it

central scrutinizer

(12,441 posts)

9. NYTimes has it, too

Reply to Bayard (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 12:11 PM

Oct 8

bluestarone

(18,220 posts)

5. He did this, while

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:34 AM

Oct 8

Telling Americans to drink BLEACH!!

riversedge

(73,120 posts)

7. Trump and Putin are pals-each wants the other alive to help them.

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 11:59 AM

Oct 8

Tarzanrock

(456 posts)

8. This Traitor-Turd cared more for the Russians ...

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 12:06 PM

Oct 8

... than for the American people -- the 100 million who suffered from Covid and the one million plus who died because of his criminal malfeasance and misfeasance in office. What a horrible, terrible piece of stinking shit this Traitor-Turd has been and still is!

maxsolomon

(35,036 posts)

12. So, he literally had an opportunity to kill Putin (who would have had to swab his nose to use the test).

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 12:39 PM

Oct 8

No Putin, no war in Ukraine, 100s of 1,000s not dead.

Cirsium

(796 posts)

14. But of course he did

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 02:33 PM

Oct 8

President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing because robust testing turns up too many cases of COVID-19. Trump told supporters at his campaign rally that the U.S. has tested 25 million people, far more than any other country. The “bad part,” Trump said, is that widespread testing leads to logging more cases of the virus. “When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases,” Trump said. “So I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down, please.’ They test and they test.”

AP June 21, 2020

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-joe-biden-tulsa-476068bd60e9048303b736e9d7fc6572

Snoopy 7

(584 posts)

15. Don't forget

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 02:35 PM

Oct 8

During the beginning of the COVID pandemic there was a short release saying trump sent respiratory equipment and PPE to china. I haven’t researched it again it’s just a memory of what was happening during the start of COVID-19.

peppertree

(22,850 posts)

16. AND he rushed 10 million vaccines EACH to Isreal and the UAE

Reply to Snoopy 7 (Reply #15)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 05:16 PM

Oct 8

(one for each man, woman, and child in those countries)

This was in December 2020 - when not even our first responders could get their hands on any.

And our hard-charging media? Crickets.

Omaha Steve

(103,447 posts)

17. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2024, 08:45 PM

Oct 8

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