Russian President Vladimir Putin hired an attractive female interpreter to "distract" President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in 2019, a new book by the former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham says.
Her memoir, "I'll Take Your Questions Now," set to be released next week, details Trump and Putin's meeting at the summit in Osaka, Japan, according to The New York Times, which published excerpts from it on Tuesday.
Grisham said that during the meeting, Fiona Hill, a White House advisor on Russia who was later a witness at Trump's first impeachment trial, turned to her to point out the ways Putin was trying to throw Trump off balance.
"As the meeting began, Fiona Hill leaned over and asked me if I had noticed Putin's translator, who was a very attractive brunette woman with long hair, a pretty face, and a wonderful figure," Grisham wrote, according to The Times.
"She proceeded to tell me that she suspected the woman had been selected by Putin specifically to distract our president."
Footage of their meeting at the summit that Insider reviewed showed a translator who matched that description sitting opposite Trump.
A video by the Russian state-backed video agency Ruptly showed Trump watching as the woman translated Putin's words into English.
作者: 天蓝蓝 时间: 2021-9-29 13:00
Kremlin denies Putin selected a 'very attractive' interpreter for 2019 Trump meeting after book claimed amateur salsa dancer, 36, was chosen to 'distract' the US president
The woman was identified as Daria Boyarskaya, Russian foreign ministry linguist
The glamorous 36-year-old is also an amateur Salsa and Bachata dancer
A book has claimed she was hand-picked by Putin himself to distract Trump
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has hit back at the report, denying the claim 作者: 天蓝蓝 时间: 2021-9-29 13:01
