Headline Roundup • November 12th, 2024
Trump Reportedly Spoke to Putin, Told Him Not to Escalate in Ukraine; Russia Denies Reports
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and told him not to escalate the war in Ukraine.
Key Details: While Russia has denied these reports, the Washington Post reported that several people familiar with the matter said that Trump had a phone conversation with Putin on Thursday.
Key Quote: “This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information that is now published, sometimes even in fairly respected publications," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. "This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, this is simply false information."
For Context: Reports of the call are based on anonymous sources, and Trump's team has not confirmed or denied the reports. Trump has said publicly that he is going to end the war in Ukraine and work with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Putin to broker a peace deal.
How the Media Covered it: Townhall (Right bias) reported that Trump communication director Steve Cheung said the Trump team "does not comment on private calls" between Trump and other world leaders. Axios (Lean Left bias) reported that while neither Trump nor Putin made the call public, Trump did notify Zelenskyy that it had occurred.
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The Kremlin denied a phone call took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump last week.
According to a report in The Washington Post, the two leaders spoke on Thursday. The Republican was said to have cautioned Putin against escalating the war in Ukraine and reminded the Russian leader about the U.S.’s military presence in Europe.
The two men discussed the goal of peace on the European continent and Trump expressed an interest in follow-up conversations to discuss “the resolution of Ukraine’s war soon,” one of the...
Susan Walsh/AP
President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the first phone conversation between the two men since Trump won the election, said several people familiar with the matter.
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During the call, which Trump took from his resort in Florida, he advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of Washington’s sizable military presence in Europe, said a person familiar with the call, who, like others interviewed for this...
Reuters
The Kremlin on Monday denied reports that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and cast the media reports as pure fiction. The Washington Post first reported that the call took place on Thursday. Reuters also reported that the call took place. Putin has no specific plans to speak to Trump at the present, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The Washington Post, opens new tab first reported that the call had taken place, citing unidentified sources, and said that Trump had told Putin that he should not escalate...
