New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin abruptly left a major event to take a call from US President Donald Trump. He told the gathering that “it would be awkward to make him wait” and may even offend the US President.
In a video that has now gone viral, the Russian leader can be heard telling the audience, “Please don’t be angry. I understand that we could talk more. But it’s so awkward to make him (Trump) wait, he could get offended.”
Putin rushes to talk to Trump, lest he gets offended for being made to wait https://t.co/3X1RCI82eG pic.twitter.com/Vx0CZEeOye
— RT (@RT_com) July 3, 2025
Trump is known to be impatient and does not like it when he is made to wait. The video of Putin leaving the event mid-way to take Trump’s call is now going viral on social media.
Had long conversation with Putin, says Trump
The two leaders reportedly had a long conversation, as described by the US President on his social media handle. The two leaders discussed important world events like the Iran-Israel conflict and the Ukraine war.
Following the call with Putin Trump said, “We had a call. It was a pretty long call. We talked about a lot of things, including Iran. We also talked about the war with Ukraine.”
#WATCH | Speaking about his phone call with Russian President Putin, US President Donald Trump says, “We had a call. It was a pretty long call. We talked about a lot of things, including Iran. We also talked about the war with Ukraine. I am not happy about that… No, I didn’t… pic.twitter.com/eTPFNDhaOK
— ANI (@ANI) July 3, 2025
Trump however seemed not to be too satisfied with the conversation with Putin. He told reporters, ” I am not happy about that. No, I didn’t make any progress with him (Russian President Putin) today.”
The Kremlin said that the call lasted for close to an hour. They said that Putin made it clear to the US President that his country remains firm on achieving its objectives. In a statement the Kremlin said, “Our president said that Russia will achieve the aims it set, that is to say the elimination of the root causes that led to the current state of affairs. Russia will not give up on these aims”, reported AFP.
Putin also urged diplomacy in the Middle East after the rising tensions between Israel and Iran.
