Putin and Trump’s 50-Minute Phone Call: Inside Efforts to Defuse the Iran-Israel Crisis
Washington – President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks, the White House and Kremlin confirmed. In a statement released by the White House, Mr. Trump said Putin called him on Saturday to “wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well.” “We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week,” Mr. Trump said, adding that the call lasted “approximately 1 hour.” “He feels, as I…
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