President Trump took a break from his talks at the White House with European leaders on Monday to phone Russian President Vladimir Putin. Diplomats and others said Trump was expected to return to the conversation about the war on Ukraine afterward, Reuters reports. Trump had said earlier that he would speak with Putin when the meeting was over; he'd similarly talked to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after his sessions with Putin in Alaska on Friday, per Axios.
Author: Bob Cronin
Published at: 2025-08-18 22:01:24
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