Trump To Speak With Putin Over The Phone On Tuesday

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical w... President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump will speak over the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday afternoon, according to the White House schedule.

It is the first time the two leaders will speak since Russia denounced the United States’ missile strike on a Syrian airfield.

Trump praised Putin on the campaign trail, but following the gas attack in Syria that prompted the U.S. missile strike, Trump sang a different tune about Russia.

“We’re not getting along with Russia at all,” Trump said last month. “We may be at an all-time low.”

The FBI and congressional committees are also investigating whether there are any ties between Trump associates and Russia.

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  1. I sure hope the conversation is completely on the record.

    With no 18 minute gaps…

  2. Trump must be nervous. It is always scary when you are called into the principal’s office.

  3. trump can brag that the protests here are YUGE with far more people in the streets than Vlad has over there.

  4. “Donald, let’s have lunch with Kim and Duterte next week, my place. We’ll be playing old favorite movies of yours.”

  5. @lizzymom I dare say the only safe topic for the record for these two men is “Tuesday Afternoon” by the Moody Blues.

    Justin Hayward’s legal team is ready to pounce … just in case lol.

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