Donald Trump once warned Vladimir Putin that he would "bomb the s**t out of Moscow" if Russia attacked Ukraine, a leaked recording has suggested.
The audio tape, which record a fundraising event in 2024, seemingly showed the President yet again declaring that Russia would never have invaded Ukraine in 2022 if he had been in office.
In what appears to be in reference to his first term in office, Trump said: "With Putin I said, 'if you go into Ukraine, I'm going to bomb the s**t out of Moscow'."
"I'm telling you I have no choice," Trump appeared to add.
Detailing Putin's response, Trump claimed: "I don't believe you, no way", prompting him to say "way".
Trump's alleged threats were uncovered in a series of audio tapes made while he was on the campaign trail at fundraisers in New York and Florida.
Journalists Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf obtained the recordings and shared the remarks with CNN.
Details of Trump's comments were also included in their new book '2024'.
US President Donald Trump allegedly made threats to Putin and Jingping in audio recordings which have recently surfaced
REUTERSAfter making the supposed threat to Putin, Trump is also heard later in the conversation issuing a similar remark to China.
Relaying an exchange with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said: "If you go into Taiwan I'm going to bomb the s**t out of Beijing".
"He thought I was crazy," Trump said.
"He said 'Beijing. You can't even bomb (inaudible)'."
Trump claimed Putin said he didn't believe his threat
REUTERSThe US President also told donors that he said "I have no choice", asserting that Jingping "believed me 10 per cent".
"And (then) we never had a problem," Trump added.
The White House was contacted for comment regarding the claims.
Trump slammed Putin on Tuesday, accusing him of throwing "bulls**t" as peace talks continue between Russia and Ukraine.
Hours later, Russia unleashed its heaviest strikes on Ukraine since the start of the war as 741 hypersonic missiles and kamikaze drones decimated Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.
It prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to describe the attacks as "demonstrative".
Nato forces scrambled into emergency action in neighbouring Poland with Warsaw's armed forces, saying that "Polish and allied aviation" had began operating in Polish airspace in response to Russia's attacks.
Zelensky said Lutsk was the worst hit, revealing 10 other regions were also damaged.
Trump spoke separately to Putin and Zelensky last week, walking away from each meeting with a completely different impression.
He had told Putin to end the war with Ukraine, however, according to the Wall Street Journal, the Russian leader refused.
Trump left saying he had made "no progress" with Putin and he was "disappointed".
Whereas, Trump appeared to U-turn on his previous decision to arm Ukraine and promised to send more weapons to the country.
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