US President Donald Trump reacts strikingly to ask whether he has been on the phone with Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin since taking office. “I don’t want to say that,” said Trump on a corresponding question from reporters in the White House.
“We will speak,” said the Republican elsewhere with a view of Putin and the Russian attack war against Ukraine. “We want to end this war.” Killing and destruction are pointless and have to stop. “We have very serious discussions about it,” he said with a view to Counter Parts in Russia, but left further inquiries about a personal exchange with Putin.
Trump with ambiguous statements
In the past few days, Trump had not wanted to comment explicitly whether he had already telephoned with the Russian president. In Russia, a statement about a serious aircraft accident in Washington, in which several Russian citizens were also killed, was noticed. When Trump was asked in this context whether he had personally talked to Putin about it, the 78-year-old replied: “No, I didn’t.” He pushed after: “Not about it.”
After a conversation by the US President, the White House usually publicly informs about the exchange with another head of state and government- if only.
Trump had promised in the election campaign that he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, among other things because of his good contacts with Putin. However, the deadline has long since passed.