Posted on 11/10/2024 11:50:11 AM PST by marcusmaximus
President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the first phone conversation between the two men since Trump won the election, said several people familiar with the matter.
During the call, which Trump took from his resort in Florida, he advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of Washington’s sizable military presence in Europe, said a person familiar with the call, who, like others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
The two men discussed the goal of peace on the European continent and Trump expressed an interest in follow-up conversations to discuss “the resolution of Ukraine’s war soon,” several of the people said.
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The government of Ukraine has been informed of the Putin call and did not object to the conversation taking place, said two people familiar with the matter. Ukrainian officials have long understood that Trump would engage with Putin on a diplomatic solution for Ukraine, the people said.
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Moscow initially responded coolly to Trump’s win, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters that Putin had no plans to call the incoming president of “an unfriendly country that is directly and indirectly involved in a war against our state.”
But on Thursday, Putin publicly congratulated Trump on his victory, praising his “manly” response to the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, and said he was “ready” to speak with Trump.
Peskov did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Trump’s the only adult in the room, calling for negotiations from day one. He never insisted Vlad gives up his ethnic Russian territories. In fact, much has been released about his plan, and that starts with the Minsk agreement that Ukraine violated.
Before even determining the good and bad of this. My first question is why should I trust anything coming from the WP.
I would not underestimate Putin. He’s not stupid.
I saw a Russian official speaking to an audience in Moscow and it was being broadcast on live TV. He was using his laptop or some similar device to show the audience charts, after he’s done speaking he takes is device switches it to view the audience and zooms in on a woman in the audience straight into her breasts. Problem is, he forgot to switch off the output on the device that was still streaming out to live TV and to the audience
Putin miscalculated yet again with his post-election attack on Melania.
awesome :)
What a mouth-breathing goober you are.
What about that don't you understand?
Tell Putin to apologize to Melania.
You can’t. And nobody should.
This is a typical tactic of leftwing media. Make assumptions without absolutely no proof whatever.
I have seen better reporting than this from the worst slime sheet rags.
“According to”
Then making assumptions that these “close” individuals are legit.
The call, which happened was strictly congratulatory in nature. No references were made towards the issue at all. Why? Because the Trump team has to assess the present state of the situation on this side since there is one hell of a mess that has been created.
Then, before any talks to be made continue, the issue of the present Ukrainian government will have to be determined. In short, the present Ukrainian government will need TO GO.
Any reporting until that time is pure speculation and needs to be put down..censored.
Tell your mom not to touch your special sock next time she cleans your room in the basement.
Leaking, already???? Trump needs to root this sh*t out, now!
Six year olds are more Pedo Joe's speed. Especially when they're your own daughter.
The whole article is made up, pure speculation.
In Sept, JD Vance laid out the peace plan.
Immediate cease fire. A buffer zone between the front lines. Ukraine loses over 20% of its former territory. Ukraine takes on a neutrality not unlike Austria and no consideration ever for membership in NATO.
Russia will take the offer.
The bigger issue could be the mid east. They will try and tie that issue into the final agreement. That might pose a threat to the final.
If no European country agrees to any final agreement, then the USA withdraws from NATO.
If Russia rejects, then an increase in military FROM, European countries to Ukrain will happen.
I suspect Russia agrees.
He'd been eating a bag of Cheetos the night before...<<<<
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