Putin complained to Biden about calling him a 'killer,' new book claims
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Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's new book details the end of the Trump administration and early months of the Biden White House.
Russian President Vladimir Putin complained to President Joe Biden about calling him a "killer" in an ABC News interview, according to a new book.
"I'm upset you called me a killer," Putin said to Biden on an April 13 phone call, Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa wrote in their new book, "Peril."
Biden told Putin his comment, made in a March 16 interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, was "not something premeditated," according to the book.
"I was asked a question. I gave an answer. It was an interview on a totally different topic," Biden said, before he invited Putin to meet with him in person.