The Kremlin today denied the reports of the American journalist Bob Woodward that the former President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump spoke with the Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times after he left office, the Russian media RBK reported, according to the Reuters agency.
When asked by RBK whether Putin and Trump spoke on the phone, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "No, that's not true."
In his book "The War," Woodward alleged that Trump ordered an aide out of his office at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida residence in early 2024 so he could have a private phone conversation with Putin. This is stated in the summary of the book, which was reported by the Washington Post.
The American newspaper said today that the book does not describe what the two discussed, and quoted a Trump campaign official who cast doubt on the alleged contact.
The book also quoted an unnamed Trump aide indicating that Trump may have spoken with Putin as many as seven times since Trump left the White House in 2021.
The Trump campaign rejected Woodward's book and said the book's content was "fictional," the New York Times reported.
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