Putin and Trump held 'businesslike' 90-minute July 4 call, Moscow says

[Ruby the Liberal]

Source: CNN

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump on a July 4 call lasting nearly 90 minutes in which the US leader again offered to help end the Ukraine war, according to Russia’s foreign ministry.

The call came ahead of a critical NATO summit in Turkey starting Tuesday that the US president plans to attend and as Russian forces stepped up efforts to take more of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region - a key objective for the Kremlin. Ukraine meanwhile has continued to target Russian energy infrastructure.

Putin personally congratulated Trump “and the entire American people on this significant holiday” — the 250th anniversary of the US declaration of independence — the foreign ministry said.

The conversation, their fourth this year, was “businesslike and highly constructive,” the ministry said, adding that Trump had “reaffirmed his readiness to facilitate the earliest possible cessation of hostilities” in the Ukrainian conflict.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/europe/putin-trump-call-independence-day-intl

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His communism rants in the last 24 hours - S Dakota and last night - were briefly interrupted by a 90 minute call ... with an actual communist.

I hate this timeline.

[AllyCat]

1. Business?? No one in the USA should be doing

“Business” with Pootles

[Botany]

2. Business are you kidding me? More like Putin told Trump what to do and reminded him that he has the ..

… pee pee tapes and the Epstein files.

On the 4th of July?

[flvegan]

3. 3rd fiscal quarter kickoff call.

Donald PoopMyPants needed his marching orders and what better day to do so while allowing VladdyDaddy to show his dominance.

[yardwork]

9. The money to influence the election.

They all know it's essential to keep the Democrats from taking control of Congress.

The propaganda machine will go into action like we've never seen. And it will use AI and social media in ways humans aren't prepared to deal with.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Selling out our country on it's 250th birthday.

What a class act.

[Aviation Pro]

5. Why is the child raping shitbag talking to a communist?

What a fucking tool of a prol.

[yardwork]

10. Putin is not a communist.

Russia is not a communist country. The USSR claimed to be communist but it wasn't. Since the dissolution of the USSR there is no longer even any pretense of communism.

Putin is an authoritarian dictator.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. So true

Today, Russia operates on a market-based economy characterized by extensive state ownership and privatization, often referred to as "crony capitalism" or an oligarchy.

Putin has actually blamed communism for the collapse of the former Soviet Union empire.

Capitalism is just fine with dictatorships, slavery, religious control and even some amount of feudalism. Anything that helps a few at the expense of the rest of us.

[Martin68]

13. You and I know that Putin isn't a communist, but given the way MAGAts are revving up the scare machine to brand

Democrats as communists, I enjoy the thought of needling MAGAts by portraying Trump as a traitorous communist-pleaser.

[Bayard]

6. Getting his instructions

This should be mentioned every time he blathers about Communists.

[SamuelAdams]

7. He had to get his orders for the upcoming NATO summit.

I guess a phone call with Putin isn't as bad as Republican Congressmen spending July 4th in Russia, pledging fealty to Putin.

[Wonder Why]

8. So puty also knows the inside dirt on the pardon, crypto, reflecting pool, stock manipulation scams?

[Grim Chieftain]

12. Great way to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary

Two evil despots who are against everything our founding fathers stood for having a 90-minute chat. Now that's the Republican way!

[mdbl]

14. The Fart of the Deal rides again!

[uppityperson]

15. The Onion will be out of business soon, can't tell if too many articles are satire or real

[republianmushroom]

16. trump on bended knees still blowing Putin.

[Roy Rolling]

17. Where's the Transcript?

I’ll be the judge of whether the conversation is “businesslike” or not.

That’s fu%&$ng propaganda.

[KPN]

18. Trump obviously was due and needed another "coaching session" from his master in the face of all his recent, conspicuous

failures.

[BHDem53]

19. Pootie kinda sorta gave Doodie the business for 90 minutes.