Trump spoke to Putin on phone, what is the truth?
The Kremlin on Monday rejected reports about an alleged telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling such claims “pure fiction”. The Kremlin said in its statement, “The report of Putin-Trump’s phone conversation is false. There was no call between the two. At present, Putin has no specific plans to talk to Trump.” Let us tell you that Washington Post and Reuters had reported that there was a phone conversation between the two top leaders on Thursday.
Many newspapers had given information about the conversation between Trump and Putin.
The Washington Post had reported that Trump had called Russian President Putin from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Thursday, just days after his landslide election victory over Democratic rival Kamala Harris in the recently concluded US presidential elections. . The report further claimed that during the conversation, Trump had advised the Russian President not to escalate the war in Ukraine. During the call, Trump also reminded Putin of Washington’s large military presence in Europe.
So was there really a conversation between Putin and Trump?
Let us tell you that during his election campaign, Trump had promised to immediately resolve the long war between Russia and Ukraine but did not say how he planned to do so. According to the US newspaper, Trump said privately that he would support a deal where Russia would retain some liberated territories and he briefly touched upon the issue of the territories during a phone call with Putin. The Washington Post said that the Ukrainian government was informed about the call and did not object because Kiev officials understood that Trump would discuss the matter with Putin.
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