At a pre-election fundraiser, Trump claimed he warned Putin he’d ‘bomb the shit out of Moscow’ if Russia invaded Ukraine — CNN

At a closed-door fundraiser in 2024, Donald Trump claimed he had threatened to “bomb the shit out of Moscow” if Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an attack on Ukraine, CNN reported.

The outlet released audio recordings from several Trump campaign fundraising events.

“With Putin I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the shit out of Moscow. I’m telling you I have no choice,’” Trump is heard saying in one recording. According to Trump, Putin responded that he didn’t believe him. Trump added that he thought Putin believed him “10 percent.”

It’s unclear when the conversation allegedly took place.

Throughout his campaign, Trump repeatedly claimed that he could end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours.”

Since mid-February, the United States has been holding separate negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine in an effort to bring the conflict to an end, but has so far failed to move either side closer to a ceasefire.