Trump advised Russian President Putin not to escalate war with Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that Biden's top message will be his commitment to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, and he will also talk to Trump about what's happening in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
57% : Biden has invited Trump to come to the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said.
51% : The pace of the aid is expected to drop under Trump with Republicans set to take control of the U.S. Senate with a 52-seat majority.
46% : Trump and Putin spoke in recent days, said the source.
46% : Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.
31% : Trump insisted last year that Putin never would have invaded Ukraine if he had been in the White House at the time.
29% : Ukraine fundingWashington has provided tens of billions of dollars worth of U.S. military and economic aid to Ukraine since it was invaded by Russia in February 2022, funding that Trump has repeatedly criticized and rallied against with other Republican lawmakers.
13% : WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation told Reuters on Sunday, as President Joe Biden plans to urge Trump not to abandon Kyiv.
7% : Trump has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support for Kyiv, vowing to end the war quickly, without saying how.Ukraine's foreign ministry said it was not informed in advance of the call between Trump and Putin and subsequently could neither endorse nor object to it.

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