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According to a recently published book, Trump secretly shipped COVID-19 tests to Putin in 2020.

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Bob Woodward, the associate editor of the Washington Post, is the author of the book and he is a pretty trusted source that has written a number of famous books widely accepted as being true (such as Fear, War, and the Trump Tapes).

Shipping Covid tests to Putin fall in line with other ways actions Trump has committed to assist Putin and the Kremlin. For example, they called 7 times since 2021. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-7-secret-calls-and-personal-gifts-to-putin-revealed
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I like how you added onto the claim with another article that falls in line with the original claim. I think this is a great way to go about fact checking. I also think that this is a truthful claim from a solid source.

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