Trump 'called Putin seven times since leaving office'
The Independent|October 09, 2024
Donald Trump has reportedly spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times since leaving the White House.
ALEX WOODWARD
Trump 'called Putin seven times since leaving office'

A new book from journalist Bob Woodward includes extensive reporting about president Joe Biden’s “blunt, profanity-laced” behind-the-scenes responses to Putin’s war in Ukraine and Israel’s war in Gaza.

Mr Woodward’s War – his fourth book since Mr Trump won in 2016, excerpts of which were published by CNN – also contains previously unreported details about the former president’s relationship with the authoritarian leader, including a moment at Mar-a-Lago where he told a senior aide to leave the room so they could have a “private phone call”.

“According to Trump’s aide, there have been multiple phone calls between Trump and Putin, maybe as many as seven in the period since Trump left the White House in 2021,” Mr Woodward writes.

Mr Woodward reports that he asked chief Trump aide Jason Miller whether Mr Trump and Mr Putin have spoken since leaving the White House in January 2021, to which Mr Miller replied: “Um, ah, not that, ah, not that I’m aware of.” “I have not heard that they’re talking, so I’d push back on that,” Mr Miller added, according to Mr Woodward.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 09, 2024 من The Independent.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 09, 2024 من The Independent.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

المزيد من القصص من THE INDEPENDENT مشاهدة الكل
'Moving to Texas has made everything exciting again'
The Independent

'Moving to Texas has made everything exciting again'

Team GB sprinter Dina Asher-Smith tells Lawrence Ostlere that a coaching shake-up and new base is already paying off

time-read
4 mins  |
October 09, 2024
Chelsea entertain with solid win over flashy Real
The Independent

Chelsea entertain with solid win over flashy Real

If Chelsea are on a “new journey” in the Women’s Champions League, it began in intermittent deluges of rain and in front of a sparse home crowd at Stamford Bridge.

time-read
4 mins  |
October 09, 2024
Solanke on the verge of ending his 2,522-day wait
The Independent

Solanke on the verge of ending his 2,522-day wait

Dominic Solanke made his England debut in 2017 as a young Liverpool striker. That second cap hasn't arrived yet but, he tells Lawrence Ostlere, he's ready to make up for lost time

time-read
4 mins  |
October 09, 2024
Water companies ordered to pay £158m to customers
The Independent

Water companies ordered to pay £158m to customers

Water companies will have to pay a £157.6m penalty after missing key targets on reducing pollution, leaks and supply interruptions while customer satisfaction continues to fall, Ofwat has said.

time-read
2 mins  |
October 09, 2024
Hit and myth: the private who could have shot Hitler and saved 70 million lives
The Independent

Hit and myth: the private who could have shot Hitler and saved 70 million lives

'Horrible Histories' author Terry Deary is back with a new book that examines the greatest hits (and misses) of British history including this remarkable First World War tale

time-read
6 mins  |
October 09, 2024
Putin 'demolishes holiday home out of fear for his life'
The Independent

Putin 'demolishes holiday home out of fear for his life'

Vladimir Putin has demolished his holiday villa by the Black Sea after he stopped visiting the area out of fear for his life relating to strikes from Ukraine, a Russian opposition website has claimed.

time-read
2 mins  |
October 09, 2024
Scientist who warned of AI threat awarded Nobel Prize
The Independent

Scientist who warned of AI threat awarded Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two researchers who helped build the foundations of the artificial intelligence that surrounds us today.

time-read
1 min  |
October 09, 2024
McCann suspect is cleared.of unrelated rape charges
The Independent

McCann suspect is cleared.of unrelated rape charges

The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, convicted paedophile and rapist Christian Brueckner, has been acquitted of unrelated sexual abuse charges in a German court.

time-read
1 min  |
October 09, 2024
Residents flee as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida
The Independent

Residents flee as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida

Florida residents streamed out of the Tampa Bay region yesterday ahead of Hurricane Milton.

time-read
3 mins  |
October 09, 2024
Trump 'called Putin seven times since leaving office'
The Independent

Trump 'called Putin seven times since leaving office'

Donald Trump has reportedly spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times since leaving the White House.

time-read
3 mins  |
October 09, 2024