Kremlin denies Reuters report on Trump phone calls with Putin

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday denied reports by American journalist Bob Woodward (NASDAQ: ) that former US President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin seven times after leaving office, RBC daily reported.

Asked by RBC if Putin and Trump had spoken on the phone, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “No, it’s not true.”

In his book “War,” Woodward said Trump ordered an aide to leave his office at his Mar-a-Lago Florida residence in early 2024 so he could have a private phone call with Putin, according to of The Washington Post book summary. .

The Post said Wednesday that the book did not describe what the two men discussed and cited a Trump campaign official who cast doubt on the alleged contact.

The book also quoted an unnamed Trump adviser indicating that Trump may have spoken with Putin as many as seven times since Trump left the White House in 2021.

Trump’s campaign rejected Woodward’s book and said the book’s content was “made up,” the New York Times reported.