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. AdvertisementThe book does not describe what the two men purportedly discussed, and it quotes a Trump campaign official casting doubt on the supposed contact. According to Woodward, one of Trump’s national security advisers, Keith Kellogg, secretly met with Netanyahu during a trip to Israel earlier this year. Biden, according to Woodward, felt past Russian aggression had been badly mismanaged by his predecessors, including the one he had served, Barack Obama. “The Israelis always do this,” was the reaction of Brett McGurk, Biden’s Middle East coordinator, according to the book.

Source: Washington Post October 08, 2024 19:23 UTC