BREAKING NEWS Trump reveals Putin called him to wish a happy birthday as president says he pushed Russian leader to end war with Ukraine
President Donald Trump revealed Saturday afternoon that Russian President Vladimir Putin called him to wish him a 'happy birthday' as the president turns 79.
'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,' the president posted to Truth Social.
Israel and Iran have been trading attacks since overnight Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tries to disintegrate Tehran's nuclear program.
Putin said Friday that he would gladly mediate a truce between Israel and Iran - despite invading neighboring Ukraine in February of 2022.
'Much less time was spent talking about Russia /Ukraine, but that will be for next week,' Trump continued. 'He is doing the planned prisoner swaps - large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides.'
Trump said the call lasted for approximately an hour. 'We talked at length,' Trump said.
'He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end,' the president said.
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