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President Donald Trump has had a busy couple of days back in the White House, and he isn’t slowing down. On the campaign trail, he promised he would get the Russia/Ukraine conflict resolved. And I have no doubt we’re closer to this war ending than we ever were when Biden was president.
TheWashingtonPostreportedthattwodaysafterhisreelection,DonaldTrumpandVladimirPutinspokeforabout20minutes.Duringthecall,TrumpurgedPutinnottoescalatethewarinUkraineandhighlightedtheU.S.’sstrongmilitarypresenceinEurope.
PutinalsoshiftedhispublicrhetoricaboutthewarafterTrumptookoffice,claimingtobeinterestedin“lastingpeace”withUkraine.
“Thegoalshouldnotbeatemporaryceasefire,ashort-termpauseforregroupingforcesandrearmingtocontinuetheconflictlater,butalastingpeacebasedonrespectforthelegitimateinterestsofallpeopleandnationslivingintheregion,”Putinsaidoftheongoingconflict.
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