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Russian government confirms report about secret gift to Putin that former U.S. President Trump dismissed as 'made up' (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 1 month ago by tardigrada to c/news

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign lashed out at journalist Bob Woodward after he reported that Trump secretly sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a stash of COVID-19 tests at the height of the pandemic in 2020, when Americans couldn't get them.

However, Bloomberg reports that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov is confirming that Trump sent Putin the tests four years ago, while at the same time denying Woodward's reporting that Trump and Putin have spoken multiple times since the ex-president the White House in 2021.

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Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung suggested on Tuesday that Woodward lied about every single piece of information in his new book, which will be called "War."

"None 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," said Cheung, who provided no evidence to back up his claims. "Woodward is an angry, little man and is clearly upset because President Trump is successfully suing him because of the unauthorized publishing of recordings he made previously."

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[–] zhunk 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What is Russia's motivation for confirming this?

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Confusion, or they now see trump as weak and useless and have changed tune. But probably just confusion.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah this is really sus.

[–] maniel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Haven't you heard? Russia endorses Harris, to be frank I'm sure they're trolling to destabilize the USA more