Trump has often taken Putin's advice over advice from US intelligence. We know Trump and Putin spoke on December 29, almost no one listened in, and the White House tried to hide it. It's time we know if coronavirus was discussed and if Putin advised Trump. cnn.com/2019/12/30/pol…
NOTE: China alerted the World Health Organization of an odd flu on December 31, under 48 hours after Trump spoke to Putin. Russia borders China, has a special relationship with China, has excellent sources in China... when will we learn if Trump and Putin discussed *coronavirus*?
12/29: Putin calls Trump unexpectedly.
12/30 (NYT): "Health authorities [in Wuhan] were treating dozens of cases [of an unknown virus]...[as] an emergency notice to city hospitals was shared on social media...triggering some public panic."
They could be unrelated. We don't know.
12/30 (NYT): "Health authorities [in Wuhan] were treating dozens of cases [of an unknown virus]...[as] an emergency notice to city hospitals was shared on social media...triggering some public panic."
They could be unrelated. We don't know.
But there's more. On 12/23, hours before the outbreak in Wuhan, Putin and Xi announced an unprecedented partnership on all things science-related—designating 2020 a year of Russia-Chinese partnership. Wouldn't Xi have told Putin of Wuhan, and Putin, Trump? sg.news.yahoo.com/china-russia-p…
Again, maybe not. I don't know. My point is, such questions must be asked, now that we know that within 2 or 3 weeks of the Trump-Putin call—whose content remains unclear and which no one heard—Trump inexplicably rejected DHHS *and* US intelligence warnings about the coronavirus.
