After Putin call, Trump suggests Ukraine, Russia should ‘fight for a while'
President Donald Trump's comment about inevitable Russian retaliation following his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin has been widely interpreted in Russia as a tacit endorsement of Moscow's right to strike back after a spectacular Ukrainian drone operation, without even a note of caution about civilian casualties.
It was turnaround for Trump after recent Russia-related posts on Truth Social had reprimanded Putin for strikes against civilians, but as has happened after past phone calls between the two leaders, Putin appeared to have swayed Trump over to his views on the conflict. Trump called it a good conversation, 'but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.'
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