Një libër i ri nga gazetari veteran i “Watergate”, Bob Woodward thotë se Donald Trump i dërgoi fshehurazi testet e Covid-19 tek Vladimir Putin për përdorim personal kur ato mungonin në SHBA, një pretendim i hedhur poshtë nga fushata e Trump.
The book, titled "The War," also includes a claim that Trump has been secretly in touch with Putin since leaving office, according to excerpts cited by U.S. media.
In response, former President Trump told ABC News: "He's a bad storyteller, and he's lost (his mind)...".
The Trump campaign also said none of the book's "made-up stories" were true.
"President Trump gave him absolutely no access to this junk book that either belongs in the bargain bin of a discount bookstore's science fiction section or is being used as a toilet," Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement to BBC on Tuesday.
The new book, due out next week, attributes ongoing communication between the former president and Putin to a single Trump aide who is not named in the book.
According to a report by the New York Times, the book depicts a scene in which a Trump aide was ordered out of Trump's Mar-a-Lago office so the former president could make a phone call with Putin.
The unnamed aide reportedly said the two may have spoken on occasion since Trump left the White House in 2021.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin denied that the pair had communicated.
The book does not say what they discussed and quotes a Trump campaign official casting doubt on the alleged contact.
Woodward, who became famous for his role in uncovering the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon's presidency, has written several best-selling books based on access to high-level sources.
Duke e quajtur Woodward-in “të çmendur”, zëdhënësi i fushatës së Trump tha: “Woodward është një burrë i vogël i zemëruar dhe është qartazi i mërzitur sepse Presidenti Trump po e padit me sukses për shkak të publikimit të paautorizuar të regjistrimeve që ai bëri më parë”.