Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign has slammed claims made by journalist Bob Woodward in a new book, which outlines alleged interactions between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin since he left office.
The book, called War, was obtained by CNN ahead of its release on Oct. 15 and alleges the pair have had as many as seven phone calls since early 2021.
Woodward also wrote about President Joe Biden‘s profanity-laden comments about the Russian leader, as well as regrets he had about one of his own appointees.
Reacting to the revelations Tuesday morning, Trump Communications Director Steven Cheung told Newsweek that Woodward’s book belonged in a “bargain bin.”
Left, Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he arrives at Augusta Regional Airport to visit areas impacted by Hurricane Helene, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. Right, Bob Woodward speaks at Florida Atlantic University on February 08, 2024, in Boca Raton, Florida.
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“None of these made-up stories by Bob Woodward are true and are the work of a truly demented and deranged man who suffers from a debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Cheung said in an emailed statement. “Woodward is an angry, little man and is clearly upset because President Trump is successfully suing him because of the unauthorized publishing of recordings he made previously.
“President Trump gave him absolutely no access for this trash book that either belongs in the bargain bin of the fiction section of a discount bookstore or used as toilet tissue. Woodward is a total sleazebag who has lost it mentally, and he’s slow, lethargic, incompetent and overall a boring person with no personality.”
This is a developing news story and will be updated with more information.
