Trump-Putin calls, Biden's beefs: 6 newsy nuggets from Woodward's new book

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Woodward wrote in his book that Trump was in touch with Putin after leaving office in 2021, and that he specifically had multiple calls with the Russian leader and sent him COVID tests.
42% : "Hey, let's call Trump," Graham told the Saudi crown prince, known as MBS.
39% : The Watergate reporter wrote that there were as many as seven phone calls between Putin and Trump, according to a Trump aide, CNN reported.
38% : In his new book, Woodward also wrote that in 2020, Trump "secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use.
35% : "MBS has burner phone for Trump, SullivanWoodward also wrote that Saudi Arabia leader Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has burner phones, some of which he uses to talk to key Americans.
31% : "Woodward wrote that when he asked Jason Miller, Trump's senior advisor, if Trump had talked with Putin since leaving the Oval Office in 2021, Miller said "um, ah, not that, ah, not that I'm aware of.
23% : Woodward wrote in his book that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is a close ally of Biden, talked with the commander-in-chief on the topic of dropping out of the race in July, after his disastrous debate with Trump.

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