Putin and Trump held 'businesslike' 90-minute July 4 call, Moscow says
Source: CNN
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump on a July 4 call lasting nearly 90 minutes in which the US leader again offered to help end the Ukraine war, according to Russias foreign ministry.
The call came ahead of a critical NATO summit in Turkey starting Tuesday that the US president plans to attend and as Russian forces stepped up efforts to take more of Ukraines eastern Donetsk region - a key objective for the Kremlin. Ukraine meanwhile has continued to target Russian energy infrastructure.
Putin personally congratulated Trump and the entire American people on this significant holiday the 250th anniversary of the US declaration of independence the foreign ministry said.
The conversation, their fourth this year, was businesslike and highly constructive, the ministry said, adding that Trump had reaffirmed his readiness to facilitate the earliest possible cessation of hostilities in the Ukrainian conflict.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/europe/putin-trump-call-independence-day-intl
His communism rants in the last 24 hours - S Dakota and last night - were briefly interrupted by a 90 minute call ... with an actual communist.
I hate this timeline.
AllyCat
(19,053 posts)Business with Pootles
Botany
(78,365 posts)
pee pee tapes and the Epstein files.
On the 4th of July?
flvegan
(66,709 posts)Donald PoopMyPants needed his marching orders and what better day to do so while allowing VladdyDaddy to show his dominance.
yardwork
(70,117 posts)They all know it's essential to keep the Democrats from taking control of Congress.
The propaganda machine will go into action like we've never seen. And it will use AI and social media in ways humans aren't prepared to deal with.
Baitball Blogger
(52,947 posts)What a class act.
Aviation Pro
(15,904 posts)What a fucking tool of a prol.
yardwork
(70,117 posts)Russia is not a communist country. The USSR claimed to be communist but it wasn't. Since the dissolution of the USSR there is no longer even any pretense of communism.
Putin is an authoritarian dictator.
Farmer-Rick
(12,883 posts)Today, Russia operates on a market-based economy characterized by extensive state ownership and privatization, often referred to as "crony capitalism" or an oligarchy.
Putin has actually blamed communism for the collapse of the former Soviet Union empire.
Capitalism is just fine with dictatorships, slavery, religious control and even some amount of feudalism. Anything that helps a few at the expense of the rest of us.
Martin68
(28,375 posts)Democrats as communists, I enjoy the thought of needling MAGAts by portraying Trump as a traitorous communist-pleaser.
Bayard
(30,780 posts)This should be mentioned every time he blathers about Communists.
SamuelAdams
(419 posts)I guess a phone call with Putin isn't as bad as Republican Congressmen spending July 4th in Russia, pledging fealty to Putin.
Wonder Why
(7,486 posts)Grim Chieftain
(2,374 posts)Two evil despots who are against everything our founding fathers stood for having a 90-minute chat. Now that's the Republican way!
mdbl
(9,043 posts)uppityperson
(116,050 posts)republianmushroom
(22,951 posts)Roy Rolling
(7,756 posts)Ill be the judge of whether the conversation is businesslike or not.
Thats fu%&$ng propaganda.
KPN
(17,620 posts)failures.