President Donald Trump told donors last year that he once warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping “I have no choice” but to bomb Moscow and Beijing, respectively, in retaliation for aggression against Ukraine and Taiwan, according to audio from a private gathering.

Newsmax contacted the White House for comment about the Tuesday night report from CNN, which received the audio that includes Trump telling donors during a conversation with Putin that he once threatened to “bomb the sh*t out of Moscow” if Ukraine were attacked.

“I was with Putin, and I told him, ‘Vladimir, what are you doing? We’re going to bomb the sh*t out of Moscow,'” Trump was heard saying.

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