Putin played Trump

The 2025 Putin–Trump call was a formal telephone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that President Trump said took place on February 12, 2025.

Aggregation of reports of this call, that I consider an ongoing pattern of a fascist alliance between Putin and Trump who share the ideology.

1. Why did Putin agree to an “immediate ceasefire on all energy facilities”? Anyone who has ever tried negotiating with russia understands this tactic.

Putin will continue targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure while claiming that russia is only striking “military facilities.” Meanwhile, he will accuse Ukraine of violating the ceasefire agreement.

By

Roman Sheremeta

Professor of Economics, Board Member at Save Ukraine and Ukrainian American House

Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve

University • Purdue University

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Source: LinkedIn 20 March 2025

2. Another article from LinkedIn with supporting data

The betrayal

3. President Zelenskyy speaks about the Putin Trump call

President Zelensky speaks

4. The betrayal by Putin from a different writer

The betrayal

5. Trump’s former national security advisor perhaps has insider intelligence and knowledge. Here is what he has to say

Putin’s weakness

6. BBC reporting of the talks

BBC News report

7. The call was purposeless, war resumes

BBC reports resumption of the war

8. Professionals with a view of ethics that is based on an understanding of “common good” and “virtue”.

William L Bainbridge lawyer

9. An explanation of the call

White House Release explained

10. Behind the scenes, during the call

Putin laughing

11. The counter argument by Breitbart

Business deal

12. The betrayal from the perspective of a journalist, attorney and filmmaker in Substack

LinkedIn post of a Substack post

13. The refusal by to accept the non starter

LinkedIn post

14. Why negotiations fail

EU official explains

15. Russian attack violates agreement

Attack continues

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