Trump says he threatened to bomb Moscow if Putin invaded Ukraine

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President Donald Trump told donors in 2024 that he had warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the bombs would fall in Moscow if the Russian chief invaded Ukraine, said a new book.
The book, “2024: How Trump took over the White House and the Democrats Lost America”, was published on Tuesday and told how Trump won his victory in the November 2024 elections, and how the team of former president Joe Biden rejected the concerns about his age in the campaign cycle.
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President Donald Trump on the right told donors in 2024 that he had warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the bombs would fall in Moscow if the Russian chief invaded Ukraine. (Images Andrew Harnik / Getty | Sputnik / Alexander Kazakov / Pool | Fox News Digital)
According to the book, Trump told donors that he had made a severe warning to Putin from any potential invasion. In addition, he said he had issued a similar warning to the Chinese president Xi Jinping, if the Chinese chief invaded Taiwan, said the book.
“I was with Putin and I said to him:” Vladimir, if you do it, we are going to bomb the S — out of Moscow “,” said Trump, according to an audio recording, also shared with CNN. “‘If you go to Taiwan, I will bomb the S — de Beijing.’ He thought I was crazy … He didn’t believe me either, except 10%.
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According to a new book, President Donald Trump, on the left, told donors that he had issued a severe warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin of any potential invasion. (Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In response, the White House said Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 – after Trump’s first term.
“As President Trump said, Russia has never dared to invade Ukraine when it was in power. It only happened when Biden was in office,” said White House spokesman Anna Kelly in a statement on Wednesday. “Thanks to the leadership of this president, America is once again the leader of the free world, and peace by force is restored. President Trump won in a first program in America, and he works hard to implement the mandate that the American people gave him.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments from Fox News Digital confirming the authenticity of the audio.
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President Donald Trump, on the right, expressed his criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin and said on July 8, 2025 that the Russian chief’s words were “meaningless”. (Sputnik / Michael Klimentyev / Kremlin / via Reuters | Aaron Schwartz / CNP / Bloomberg via Getty Images | Fox News Digital)
The book “2024” is one of the many who were published in 2025 detailing how Trump won the victory in the 2024 elections and how Biden’s mental acuity has decreased. He is written by Josh Dawsey of the Wall Street Journal, Tyler Pager of the New York Times and Isaac Arnsdorf of the Washington Post.
The authors did not immediately respond to a request for comments from Fox News Digital.
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Trump recently expressed his frustration with Putin when he sought to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Trump on Tuesday said at a meeting of the cabinet he was fed up with Putin and said he was potentially planning new sanctions to Russia.
“We get a lot of bulls — We launched by Putin, if you want to know the truth. He is very nice all the time, but it turns out that it does not make sense,” said Trump on Tuesday.
Sarah Tobianski of Fox News contributed to this report.