"War" by Bob Woodward

Fenixgoon · Oct 8, 2024

CNN's synopsis of the book can only be described as "filled with numerous "holy shit" moments".

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/bob-woodward-book-war-joe-biden-putin-netanyahu-trump/index.html

Among other things:

Trump secretly supplied Putin with covid tests for his personal use

Trump made repeated phone calls to Putin after exiting office

Biden is fucking livid with Bibi over Gaza

The US knew of Russia's invasion plans for
Ukraine in detail including human intelligence within the Kremlin (The US shared said intel with Ukraine)

Putin threated nuclear escalation over Ukraine

Edit: spelling/clarity

The list goes on.

eelw · Oct 8, 2024

Really don’t know why Woodward still considered so esteem? Asshat leaks comments that just inflame current delicate negotiations. Asshat holds back evidence that effected public health during covid until he is ready to release his book. Was he really that breaking news reporter during the Nixon days?

UNCjigga · Oct 8, 2024

Hmm…7 phone calls with Putin, including at least one at Mar-a-Lago. Any more questions as to why Trump didn’t want to give back his classified documents???

Brainonska511 · Oct 8, 2024

UNCjigga said:
Hmm…7 phone calls with Putin, including at least one at Mar-a-Lago. Any more questions as to why Trump didn’t want to give back his classified documents???

We can't make up our minds until he has his day in court.

Thump553 · Oct 8, 2024

Woodward's books are about the only political books worth reading. His books during the Trump era were especially good-The Donald just can't resist leaking/bragging to him.

Brainonska511 · Oct 8, 2024

Thump553 said:
Woodward's books are about the only political books worth reading. His books during the Trump era were especially good-The Donald just can't resist leaking/bragging to him.

Kind of annoying that he kind of hoarded the gossip so he could compile it in a book.

Thump553 · Oct 8, 2024

Hey there was already far much known that would be necessary to any reasonable voter not to vote for The Donald if they cared.

kage69 · Oct 8, 2024

Trump is a Russian asset. I don't use the term to be hyperbolic. It's something I'm pretty ashamed of actually, and wish it weren't so.

Moonbeam · Oct 8, 2024

The US got bin Laden because alive he was a threat to national security. Trump is a wonderful past President but he seems like he could be a threat to Ukraine. Maybe he should be protected at a secret location.

HomerJS · Oct 9, 2024

Fenixgoon said:
CNN's synopsis of the book can only be described as "filled with numerous "holy shit" moments".

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/bob-woodward-book-war-joe-biden-putin-netanyahu-trump/index.html

Among other things:

Trump secretly supplied Putin with covid tests for his personal use

Trump made repeated phone calls to Putin after exiting office

Biden is fucking livid with Bibi over Gaza

The US knew of Russia's invasion plans for
Ukraine in detail including human intelligence within the Kremlin (The US shared said intel with Ukraine)

Putin threated nuclear escalation over Ukraine

Edit: spelling/clarity

The list goes on.

I remember the part about the US having intel pre Ukraine invasion. Zelensky didn’t believe it would really happen

allisolm · Oct 11, 2024

Fenixgoon said:
CNN's synopsis of the book can only be described as "filled with numerous "holy shit" moments".

Among other things:

Trump secretly supplied Putin with covid tests for his personal use

Trump made repeated phone calls to Putin after exiting office

Both Trump AND his campaign said neither of these was true.

From the campaign spokesperson "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,"

From Trump: "That's false," "He's a storyteller. A bad one. And he's lost his marbles,"

From the Kremlin spokesperson: He confirmed that Trump sent the tests but denied Woodward’s claim that the two had spoken multiple times since Trump left office in 2021.

Sad when even your sub rosa buddies won't back up your lie.

The Kremlin Throws Trump Under the Bus on Secret Putin Gift

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is admitting the whole truth about those secret Covid-19 tests.

www.yahoo.com

blankslate · Oct 15, 2024

Fenixgoon said:
The US knew of Russia's invasion plans for
Ukraine in detail including human intelligence within the Kremlin (The US shared said intel with Ukraine)

Personally this is not surprising since other sources (including William Burns current CIA chief who was a diplomat with opportunities to speak with many Russian officials existed) existed prior to the printing of this book which had lay bare Russia's attitude toward NATO expanding too far east.
He relayed what many told him which was Russia would take NATO Member countries on its border...
Not Well. Maybe one could extrapolate that it would be as well as D.C. reacting to Russia providing Cuba with missiles (At Best).
Given the time of Chief Burns assignment to Moscow this was known many years before the invasion.

Does this justify invasion? not according to international law.
But what it does show is that it wasn't a surprise, nor should it have been (at least to those in government with a need to know) unless the person claiming surprise is a liar or an idiot.

Among the evidence for this is cables on the subject sent by Burns to D.C. during his time as a diplomat being leaked.

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HomerJS · Oct 16, 2024

allisolm said:
Both Trump AND his campaign said neither of these was true.

From the campaign spokesperson "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,"

From Trump: "That's false," "He's a storyteller. A bad one. And he's lost his marbles,"

From the Kremlin spokesperson: He confirmed that Trump sent the tests but denied Woodward’s claim that the two had spoken multiple times since Trump left office in 2021.

Sad when even your sub rosa buddies won't back up your lie.

The Kremlin Throws Trump Under the Bus on Secret Putin Gift

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is admitting the whole truth about those secret Covid-19 tests.

www.yahoo.com

They also said Woodward's claim of him lying to the public about Covid wasn't true until he released recordings.

APU_Fusion · Oct 16, 2024

Trump may well win this election because there is no real truth left. It shows if you are hateful and shameless and never admit you’re wrong than people will ignore reality and love you as long as you tell them what they want to hear.

That jackass told women in town hall he was the father of IVF. And gets no pushback or scorn. It is amazing watching half the people in this country be so gullible and unable to remember his years as President and his blatant lies. I guess until they see everything burn down they believe it won’t happen to them. Only that evil “other” out to replace them.

What a sad downfall of an empire. A 78 years hateful narcissist who shits himself while giving speeches filled with laughably bad lies is all it took.

Jaskalas · Oct 16, 2024

APU_Fusion said:
I guess until they see everything burn down

It's a religion. When they see "everything burn down" they'll still blame the other people.

pcgeek11 · Oct 16, 2024

Bob Woodward - LOL.

ivwshane · Oct 16, 2024

Jaskalas said:
It's a religion. When they see "everything burn down" they'll still blame the other people.

Case in point:

pcgeek11 said:
Bob Woodward - LOL.

🤡

nickqt · Oct 16, 2024

pcgeek11 said:
Bob Woodward - LOL.

I don't like Woodward because he holds back relevant information from the public so he can make extra money releasing it later in a book.

You LOL at Woodward because the fascist scumbag you support and vote for might not like the information he eventually releases.

Congrats, collaborator.

APU_Fusion · Oct 16, 2024

nickqt said:
I don't like Woodward because he holds back relevant information from the public so he can make extra money releasing it later in a book.

You LOL at Woodward because the fascist scumbag you support and vote for might not like the information he eventually releases.

Congrats, collaborator.

Pcgeek loves the fact Trump stated he would use the military against the American people. I am sure pcgeek thinks he isn’t the “type” who will be targeted.

Trump will use military on us citizens - pcgeek approves

pcgeek11 · Oct 16, 2024

ivwshane said:
Case in point:

🤡

nickqt said:
I don't like Woodward because he holds back relevant information from the public so he can make extra money releasing it later in a book.

You LOL at Woodward because the fascist scumbag you support and vote for might not like the information he eventually releases.

Congrats, collaborator.

I LOLed because Bob is just a has been that is trying to retain his relevance.

pcgeek11 · Oct 16, 2024

APU_Fusion said:
Pcgeek loves the fact Trump stated he would use the military against the American people. I am sure pcgeek thinks he isn’t the “type” who will be targeted.

Trump will use military on us citizens - pcgeek approves

Please point out or quote where I said I supported what you claim or retract this lie.

ivwshane · Oct 16, 2024

pcgeek11 said:
I LOLed because Bob is just a has been that is trying to retain his relevance.

No, you laughed because you are a clown, with clown views that aren’t grounded in reality. Most “has beens” don’t get access like this to sitting presidents.

pcgeek11 · Oct 16, 2024

ivwshane said:
No, you laughed because you are a clown, with clown views that aren’t grounded in reality. Most “has beens” don’t get access like this to sitting presidents.

Noted.
Thanks for expressing you misguided opinion.

ivwshane · Oct 16, 2024

pcgeek11 · Oct 16, 2024

ivwshane said:
🤡

LOL.
Oh that burns... /s

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