President Donald Trump boasted to donors during his 2024 presidential campaign that he had once warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he would “bomb the shit out of Moscow” if Russia invaded Ukraine.

In newly-surfaced audio first broadcast by CNN, Trump also claimed he issued a similar threat to Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying he would “bomb the shit out of Beijing” if China invaded Taiwan.

“With Putin, I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m gonna bomb the shit out of Moscow,’” Trump said at a fundraiser in the leaked audio. “‘I’m telling you, I have no choice, the public.’ So he goes like, ‘I don’t believe you.’ He said, ‘No way.’ And I said, ‘Way.’”

Trump claimed that Putin only “believed him 10%” but........

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