US President Donald Trump tells reporters he had a “very good call” with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East.
“There’s tremendous hatred between President Putin and (Ukraine’s) President Zelensky. They can’t seem to get it together, but I think it was a positive call on that subject,” Trump says.
Trump adds that Putin “wants to be helpful” with the Iran conflict.
“I said, ‘You could be more helpful by getting the Ukraine-Russia war over with. That will be more helpful,'” Trump tells reporters in a press conference at his Florida golf club.
A foreign policy aide for Putin said on Monday that Putin proposed an idea for a “quick political and diplomatic end to the Iranian conflict.”
Trump recently has expressed dismay about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which started more than four years ago.
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