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Kid Berwyn

(20,063 posts)
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 09:42 AM Feb 9

Trump says he has spoken to Putin about ending the Ukraine war

Source: Reuters

MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported, the first known direct conversation between Putin and a U.S president since early 2022.

Trump, who has promised to end the war in Ukraine but not yet set out in public how he would do so, said last week that the war was a bloodbath and that his team had had "some very good talks".

In an interview aboard Air Force One on Friday Trump told the New York Post that he had "better not say," when asked how many times he and Putin had spoken.

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Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, in his 2024 book "War", reported that Trump had direct conversations as many as seven times with Putin after he left the White House in 2021.

Asked if that were true in an interview to Bloomberg last year, Trump said: "If I did, it's a smart thing." The Kremlin denied Woodward's report.




Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-has-spoken-putin-about-ending-war-ukraine-new-york-post-reports-2025-02-09/



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Trump says he has spoken to Putin about ending the Ukraine war (Original Post) Kid Berwyn Feb 9 OP
Let me know when Russian forces have completely withdrawn from ALL of Ukraine. sinkingfeeling Feb 9 #1
The Art of the Devil Kid Berwyn Feb 9 #2
Wait a minute ... isn't that the reason why we have Secretaries of State? FakeNoose Feb 9 #3
Trump knows he is doing wrong by speaking with Putin aka "getting orders from his boss. Botany Feb 9 #4

sinkingfeeling

(55,074 posts)
1. Let me know when Russian forces have completely withdrawn from ALL of Ukraine.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:13 AM
Feb 9

Not TSF's war to end.

Kid Berwyn

(20,063 posts)
2. The Art of the Devil
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 11:36 AM
Feb 9

“In war I would deal with the Devil and his grandmother.” — Joseph Stalin

Botany

(73,922 posts)
4. Trump knows he is doing wrong by speaking with Putin aka "getting orders from his boss.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 01:58 PM
Feb 9

Trump told the New York Post that he had "better not say," when asked how many times he and Putin had spoken.

The man is a traitor to America. End of story!

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