Reports: In Call, Trump Urged Putin Not to Escalate in Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : National security adviser Jake Sullivan said 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 is happening in Europe, in Asia and the Middle East.
57% : Biden has invited Trump to come to the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said.
55% : The pace of the aid is almost sure to drop under Trump with Republicans set to take control of the Senate with a majority that is expected to be 53-37 after Sen.-elect David McCormick, R-Pa., is declared the winner of the last remaining seat to be determined.
48% : Trump and Putin spoke in recent days, the Washington Post first reported and the story confirmed by Reuters.
45% : Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 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% : "Washington 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 of 2022, funding that Trump has repeatedly criticized and rallied against with other Republican lawmakers.
8% : 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 or object to it.

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