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Trump-Putin Phone Call Sparks Claims of Kremlin Pressure

Original: TRUMP'S MARCHING ORDERS! Putin brings the hammer down hard on his minion Donald J. Trump in a Friday phone call. Trump d

Claims are circulating that Vladimir Putin berated Donald Trump in a Friday phone call, and that Trump moved ahead on a diesel deal with Russia after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ignored repeated requests to stop attacks on Russian refineries. The characterisation comes from partisan commentary; no independent confirmation of the call's content or the alleged deal is given.

Why now: unverified but provocative claims about Trump taking orders from Putin tap into ongoing controversy over US-Russia relations and the Ukraine war

Donald TrumpVladimir PutinVolodymyr ZelenskyRussiaUkraine

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• TRUMP'S MARCHING ORDERS! Putin brings the hammer down hard on his minion Donald J. Trump in a Friday phone call. Trump decided on diesel deal with Russia AFTER Ukrainian President Zelensky ignored SIX Trump regime requests to stop attacking Russian REFINERIES! Trump removes… · Free_Press@mstdn.social · 8

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