During Tuesday's meeting at the Economic Club of Chicago, Donald Trump was asked about reports about him secret conversations with the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
US elections 2024. Donald Trump was asked about Vladimir Putin
– I don't comment on it, but I will say that If I did that, it would be the smart thing to do. If I have friendly relations with people, if I can have good relations with people, that is a good thing, not a bad thing. He has two thousand nuclear warheads and so do we, Trump said.
– There was no president whom Russia she respected so much – he added, referring it to himself.
When the interviewer is the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg John Micklethwait stated that his response sounds like confirmationthat he held talks with Putin after leaving the White House, Trump repeated that he would not comment on it.
The former US president talked to Putnie? A difficult question was asked
O Trump's secret phone calls with Putin the journalist said in his book “War” published on Tuesday Bob Woodward, known to be detected afery Watergate. He referred to one of Trump's advisers who stated that the current Republican candidate in the fight for the White House was supposed to talk to Putin privately “even seven times” after the end of his presidency.
He also claimed that while still president, Trump secretly sent the message to Putin Covid-19 testing machines for his private use. The Kremlin confirmed the story about the equipment, but denied that Putin and Trump maintained contact after he left the White House.
Donald Trump in the heat of questions. One answer differed
Trump's response on Tuesday differed from that given by his staffwho immediately claimed that Woodward's stories were “made up.”
During Tuesday's event, Trump repeatedly clashed with a Bloomberg journalist, including: about the planned tariffs that, if Trump wins in November, he wants to introduce on all imported goods.
When the interviewer stated that most economists, including those interviewed by the conservative Wall Street Journal, considered Trump's plans to be pro-inflation, he replied: “What does the Wall Street Journal know?” They are wrong about everything. You too“.
Trump also claimed that America's allies such as the EU and European countries “deceive” it more than its enemies. – They cheat us in trade so shamefully, these European countries. Moreover, they deceive us in military matters (…) and we support them. This is unsustainable. We cannot continue doing this, he stressed.