Trump on Putin following their phone talk: We had very good call, and he wants to be very constructive
US President Donald Trump described his phone call with Putin as "very good." Trump made the remarks during a press conference on Monday, which was broadcast on the White House YouTube channel.
Trump was asked about the progress and content of his conversation with Putin on Monday.
“I had a very good call with President Putin. We had a lot of people on the line from our side, from his side. We were talking about Ukraine, which is just a never-ending fight. And when, look, there’s tremendous hatred between President Putin and President Zelenskyy. They can’t seem to get it together. But I think it was a positive call on that subject and we obviously talked then about the Middle East, and he wants to be helpful. I said, you could be more helpful by getting the Ukraine-Russia war over with; that would be more helpful. But we had a very good talk and he wants to be very constructive,” Trump responded.