Donald Trump told a private gathering of donors last year that he once sought to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from attacking Ukraine by threatening to “bomb the s--- out of Moscow” in retaliation, according to audio provided to CNN, APA reports.
“With Putin I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the sh*t out of Moscow. I’m telling you I have no choice,’” Trump said during one 2024 fundraiser, according to the audio. “And then [Putin] goes, like, ‘I don’t believe you.’ But he believed me 10%.”
Trump later claimed he relayed a similar warning to Chinese President Xi Jinping over a potential invasion of Taiwan, telling him that the US would bomb Beijing in response.
“He thought I was crazy,” Trump said of Xi, before noting that “we never had a problem.”
According to the news from CNN, the audio recording is said to date back to 2024.
The Trump administration has not yet commented on the released audio recording.
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