𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘

 from Washington Post, National Public Radio

'War,' a book by Bob Woodward, has revealed that allegedly, Trump, when he was president for the first time, sent COVID test kits to his friend Russian President Vladimir Putin. This happened even as the US reeled from a shortage during the coronavirus pandemic.

Reportedly, in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was raging in America and elsewhere, Trump sent a batch of the coveted COVID-19 tests to Putin. While Putin accepted the shipment, he was concerned about potential political backlash for Trump and urged him to keep the transfer of medical supplies secret. 

According to Woodward's book, Russian President Putin told Trump: "I don't want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me."

In excerpts published by The Washington Post, the famed reporter alleges that Trump has maintained a "personal relationship" with Putin, and the two leaders have spoken several times since the Republican left office in 2021.

Citing an unnamed source, he indicates that the two leaders may have spoken up to seven times since then — despite the US's efforts to aid Ukraine in the Russia war, and the souring US-Russia relations.