Putin and Trump|According to researcher Maria Lindén, the information in the book shows that the relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is closer than what has been known until now.
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A new book by US journalist Bob Woodward claims that Donald Trump has had several secret conversations with Vladimir Putin since his presidency.
Trump and the Kremlin deny the communication between Trump and Putin. However, the Kremlin admits that Trump sent Putin corona tests in 2020.
In the light of the book’s information, the relationship between Trump and Putin appears to be closer than previously known, says Maria Lindén, researcher of American politics at the Foreign Policy Institute.
The revelations fit with what we know about Trump’s and Putin’s methods of operation, says Jussi Lassila, a senior researcher specializing in Russia at the Foreign Policy Institute.
According to Lindén, the revelation may also have an impact on the upcoming presidential elections in the United States.
of the United States former president Donald Trump has been secretly discussed by the Russian president Vladimir Putin with up to seven times after his presidency ending in 2021, says The Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in his soon-to-be-published book in the United States War.
The book tells The Washington Postaccording to also that in 2020, when Trump was president, he secretly sent corona tests to Putin, who was afraid of infection.
According to Woodward, the information comes from an anonymous Trump aide. According to him, the one-on-one calls would have continued at least until spring 2024.
Trump has dismissed the information as a joke.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that Trump and Putin had been in contact, news agencies say BloombergAFP and Reuters.
However, Peskov admitted That Trump sent Putin corona tests.
Jussi Lassila
“I don’t do not consider these revelations shocking at all,” says a senior researcher at the Foreign Policy Institute specializing in Russia Jussi Lassila. However, it is another question whether the information in the book is true, he stressed.
Although there has been information circulating over the years, for example, that Russia is in possession of sensitive material about Trump, no complete confirmation of the talks has been received, says Lassila.
Maria Lindén
American political scientist Maria Lindén The Foreign Policy Institute considers Woodward a reliable source. Lindén does not believe that Woodward would tarnish his reputation as a respected journalist with uncertain information.
He reminds that Trump himself has valued Woodward so much that he has agreed to give him numerous long interviews.
81-year-old Woodward is an award-winning investigative journalist with a long career. He has previously published non-fiction books based on interviews with both Trump and, for example, the president George W. Bush from administration.
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“Confirms the image that Trump would like to be Putin’s friend.”
Lindén’s according to the information in the book, the relationship between Trump and Putin appears to be closer than previously known.
“This in itself is interesting and reinforces the image that Trump would like to be Putin’s friend – but also brings a new perspective to the fact that it may even have been successful,” says Lindén.
He draws attention to the fact that Putin has managed to keep in touch with Trump even after he was no longer president.
“It gives the impression that Trump and Putin have either thought that Trump will return to power. Or Putin liked him more than what has been estimated so far.”
Jussi Lassila, a researcher specializing in Russia, on the other hand, does not think it is special that Trump and Putin continued to communicate.
“People in high positions have different relationships. There’s no need to mystify it,” he says.
“But this kind of secret communication certainly fits well with Putin’s Russia, where the idea of public policy is generally very foreign.”
Revelation might affect some of the voters who are still thinking about their position in the upcoming US presidential elections, Lindén believes. In a tight election, Trump is the candidate of the Republican Party.
“This is such a tight race that no single factor will decide it. There will be many small things like this that can affect a certain group of voters.”
Woodward’s on Tuesday, the book made headlines in the state media in Russia as well.
News agency In articles about Tassi’s book however, instead of Trump and Putin, the sitting president of the United States was brought up critically Joe Biden information about
President Trump, who was infected with corona, gave a speech from the balcony of the White House in October 2020. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov confirmed on Wednesday that Trump had sent corona tests in the same year for the personal use of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was afraid of infection.
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