Trump Advised Putin Against Escalation in Ukraine, Washington Post Says
Donald Trump attends a meeting with Vladimir Putin in 2019.
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US President-elect Donald Trump advised Russia’s Vladimir Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of the sizable US military presence in Europe, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
In a phone call on Thursday, the first telephone conversation between the two since the Republican’s election victory on Nov. 5, Trump and Putin discussed the goal of peace in Europe, the newspaper said, citing people with knowledge of the matter.