President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had called to wish him a happy birthday — and that while the conversation regarding Russia’s war with Ukraine had been limited, there would be more to come on that front sometime “next week.”
Trump also reported that the two had discussed the ongoing hostilities between Iran and Israel, saying that when Putin had expressed his wish to see that war end, he had called on the Russian to end his own war as well.
“President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly talk about Iran, a country he knows very well,” Trump began. “We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine but that will be for next week.”
“He is doing the planned prisoner swaps,” Trump continued. “Large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides.”
“The call lasted approximately one hour,” the president added, saying that Putin had expressed his wish to see the war between Iran and Israel ended — to which Trump said he agreed, but that he’d also like to see the war between Russia and Ukraine brought to an end.
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“He feels, as do I, that this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explain that his war should also end,” Trump concluded.
Trump has repeatedly voiced his support for Israel – and noted in the hours after the first strikes that he had warned Iran on several occasions to make a deal while there was still a deal to be had.
“Two months ago I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to ‘make a deal,’” Trump posted on Friday. “They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!”
