| Trump, Putin to speak by phone Saturday, Kremlin spokesman says |
| President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will finally hold their first official conversation on Saturday, a Putin spokesman confirmed to The Washington Post. The phone conversation will come after months of speculation about Trump’s warm words for Putin amid allegations of Russian interference on Trump’s behalf during the 2016 election. Trump has argued that Russia can be a strong ally against terrorism. Putin has cautiously expressed optimism that Trump can lift U.S.-Russian relations from their post-Cold War low. Russia is also looking for the United States to lift sanctions imposed under the Obama administration and push for a reduction of NATO’s military presence near Russia’s borders. |
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