CNN station made public a condition of the recording of the conversation at Donald Trump's gathering with donors supporting his presidential run in 2024. The politician there mentioned talks with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
Trump says he threatened Putin.
I told Putin, "If you go to Ukraine, I'll bomb Moscow. I'm telling you, I won't have a choice," Trump reported. He further admitted that Putin did not full believe him. “But he believed me in 10 percent, and that’s enough,” he added.
Trump was besides expected to give a akin informing to China's president Xi Jinping about the possible invasion of Taiwan. He stated that in retaliation for the attack the United States would bomb Beijing. “He thought I was crazy,” said Trump about Xi.
Let us add that these recordings were first obtained by journalists Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf, who described them in the book "2024". any of them decided to print on CNN. They wanted to show how the president, who then tried to re-election, behaved in closed meetings.
Trump "not happy with Putin"
Let us add that in early July 2025 Donald Trump expressed his discontent with Vladimir Putin's actions at a press conference. He emphasized that "the war in Ukraine is tragic and the number of casualties is increasing". I'm not happy with Putin. He kills many people, many of his soldiers and their soldiers," said the American leader.
He added that he was considering imposing "very strict" sanctions on Russia. – We want to send defensive weapons due to the fact that Putin does not treat human life properly. He kills besides many people. So we send defensive weapons to Ukraine and I approved it [...]. If you want to know the truth, Putin's telling us shit. He's always very nice, but nothing comes from it – he said.
