“He’s got 2,000 nuclear weapons and so do we,” Trump, 78, continued. “China has a lot less, but they’ll catch us within five years. That sounds good. I have a relationship. I don’t talk about it. I don’t talk about. No, I don’t talk about that. I talk about— I don’t ever say you talk, but I can tell you what these people— Russia has never had a president that they respect so much. But more importantly or less importantly, I guess I went into Russia and people said, he likes Putin and Putin likes him.”
As OK! previously reported, Woodward also alleged Trump sent Putin “Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use” during the pandemic — claims the Kremlin later confirmed were true.