Trump stinks worse with every passing day, sharing stolen documents with Putin. Trump sent COVID-19 tests to Putin for his personal use at the height of the pandemic, which the Kremlin confirmed, while denying Woodward’s reporting that Trump and Putin have spoken by phone multiple times since the former president left the White House. “Former presidents often speak with foreign leaders, but it would be highly unusual for one to talk with an avowed adversary of the United States on the opposite side of a war without clearing it with the White House or State Department first.