Trump spoke to Putin as many as 7 times since leaving office, Bob Woodward reports in new book

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test machines during the height of the pandemic, Bob Woodward reported in his new book "War."In the famed Watergate reporter's latest book, Woodward reports that Trump asked an aide to leave his office at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, so that the former president could have a private call with Putin in early 2024.
47% : Trump has said he wants to have "peace" and that the war must end.
43% : Woodward also reports that Trump sent Putin COVID-19 test machines for his personal use as the virus began spreading in 2020.
35% : Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has spoken to or met with several foreign leaders since leaving office, most recently meeting in New York with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid rising public tensions between the two over Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion.
26% : Trump ended up agreeing not to tell anyone.
18% : The aide, whom Woodward doesn't name, said there have been multiple calls between Trump and Putin since Trump left office, perhaps as many as seven in that period, according to the book.
5% : Putin told Trump not to tell anyone because people would be mad at Trump over it, but Trump said he didn't care if anyone knew, according to the book.

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