Huh, that’s… weird? No?
The White House announced today that impeached U.S. President Donald Trump spoke today to Vladimir Putin of Russia.
This was their second call in as many days.
Putin and Trump “discussed the latest efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and maintain stability in global energy markets. The two leaders also covered critical bilateral and global issues,” says the White House.
Source: AP
White House: President Trump spoke today to Vladimir Putin of Russia.
This is their second call in as many days.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) April 10, 2020
Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin today, the White House says. They "discussed the latest efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and maintain stability in global energy markets. The two leaders also covered critical bilateral and global issues" per WH
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) April 10, 2020
I’d previously assumed that the lack of reported Russian cases was due to the strong leadership of Vladimir Putin. But it turns out that the government may have been dishonest and now things are getting bad. https://t.co/4U2y5xr5A1
— Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) April 10, 2020
The Latest: Trump, Putin discuss virus, global energy (from @AP) https://t.co/W7ozIXFtk7
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 10, 2020
Imagine the ratings Trump could get if he aired his Putin convos live.
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) April 10, 2020
POTUS at WH coronavirus briefing yesterday: "I just spoke with President Putin, and the King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman, and we had a big talk as to oil production and OPEC and making it so that our industry does well and the oil industry does better than it's doing right now."
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) April 10, 2020