Vice President Kamala Harris did not mince words when asked about the bombshell claim that former President Donald Trump sent Russian President Vladimir Putin Covid-19 tests at the height of the pandemic.
During her appearance on "The Howard Stern Show," Harris criticized Trump for supporting adversaries like Putin.
"You're getting played and some would say...you're getting punked if you stand in favor of somebody who is an adversary over your friends on principles that we all agree on," Harris told Stern on Tuesday.
Stern: A new report just came out today that Trump was sending COVID tests to Putin and Putin said, 'don't let anyone know.' What do you make of that?
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Harris also called the former president "weak" and accused him of having "this desire to be a dictator."
"He admires strongmen and he gets played by them because he thinks that they're his friends, and they are manipulating him full time and manipulating him by flattery and with favor," Harris added.
Claims that Trump sent the tests to Putin for his personal use during a shortage in 2020 came to light after CNN shared excerpts from revered investigative journalist Bob Woodward's new book, "War." According to Woodward, both men also agreed to keep the shipment a secret.
"Well, the point being that is just the most recent stark example of who Donald Trump is, that he secretly sent Covid test kits for the personal use of Putin, of Russia, an adversary to the United States," Harris stated.
Trump has denied Woodward's reporting.
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