Recently presidential elections were held in America and now Donald Trump is going to become the new President. Not even 4 days have passed since he was elected and he has started taking on America's enemies. According to the Washington Post, Trump spoke to Russian President Putin on the phone and advised him not to escalate the war in Ukraine and also reminded him of the thousands of American troops in Europe. Similarly, Ukrainian officials have also been informed about this conversation between Trump and Putin. It is clear that Ukrainian officials hope Trump will negotiate with Putin for a diplomatic solution to the war.
Will call from Florida resort
According to the Washington Post, after winning the US presidential election, Donald Trump made this call from his Florida resort on November 7, 2024. In this conversation, Putin first congratulated Trump on winning the US presidential election and then also said that he is ready to talk to him. In the conversation, the two leaders discussed the goal of peace on the European continent and Trump expressed interest in continuing the talks to discuss an early resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Will there be an end to the war?
It is known that Donald Trump had said during his presidential election campaign that he would immediately end the war in Ukraine. But he did not tell what his plan was to achieve this goal. Now he has talked to Putin and asked him not to escalate the war and has also reminded him of the American military presence in Europe. It seems that Trump will work on this issue soon.
Trump does not call through US government interceptor
After his landslide victory in the elections, Trump has so far spoken to the leaders of 70 countries. People familiar with the matter have informed that Trump's communication with global leaders is not being done with the cooperation of the State Department and the interceptors of the US government. Indeed, the Trump transition team still has to sign an agreement with the General Services Administration, which is standard procedure for the presidency.
Since the leak of transcripts of Trump's calls to the President during his first term, he has become less trusting of government officials, and thus people familiar with the matter are calling Trump directly.
Also talked to Zelensky
Ukrainian President Zelensky is also among the leaders whom Trump spoke to. Tech billionaire Elon Musk was also involved in this conversation. In which Musk told the Ukrainian President that he would continue to provide Starlink satellite internet connection to Ukraine.