{"id":8660,"date":"2025-01-16T14:23:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T19:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=8660"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T19:23:55","slug":"trump-putin-call-expected-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/trump-putin-call-expected-soon\/njackson\/2025\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Putin Call Expected &#8216;Soon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President-elect Trump is planning a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the near future according to incoming national security adviser, Rep.\u00a0Mike Waltz\u00a0(R-Fla.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview on ABC News\u2019s \u201cThis Week,\u201d Waltz said \u201cthe preparations are underway\u201d for a meeting between Trump and Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI do expect a call \u2026 at least in the coming days and weeks,\u201d Waltz said. \u201cSo, that would be a step, and we\u2019ll take it from there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5078297-trump-says-hes-working-on-arranging-a-meeting-with-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said Thursday he\u2019s working<\/a>&nbsp;to set up a meeting with Putin, telling reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., that Putin \u201cwants to meet. And we\u2019re setting that up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump noted at the time he\u2019s had \u201ca lot of communication\u201d with Chinese President Xi Jinping and has spoken with numerous other world leaders. But he has yet to speak with Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut President Putin wants to meet. He\u2019s said that even publicly, and we have to get that war over with. That\u2019s a bloody mess,\u201d Trump said of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waltz said it was not yet clear whether the first call between the world leaders would include Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, we haven\u2019t set the exact framework for it yet. We\u2019re working on that,\u201d Waltz said, when asked about Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom President Trump\u2019s perspective, you can\u2019t enter a deal if you don\u2019t have some type of relationship and dialog with the other side. And we will absolutely establish that in the coming months,\u201d Waltz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waltz also said he would \u201clike to see a ceasefire any minute, any day\u201d in the Russian-Ukraine war, which he said would be an \u201cincredibly positive first step \u2026 that would then allow us to enter into the framework of some type of negotiated solution here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows that this has to end somehow diplomatically,\u201d Waltz said. \u201cI just don\u2019t think it\u2019s realistic to say we\u2019re going to expel every Russian from every inch of Ukrainian soil, even Crimea.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\">President Trump&nbsp;<\/a>has acknowledged that reality, and I think it\u2019s been a huge step forward that the entire world is acknowledging that reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Trump is planning a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the near future according to incoming national security adviser, Rep.\u00a0Mike Waltz\u00a0(R-Fla.) 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