Following groundbreaking developments regarding the Russia-Ukraine war, a Wednesday briefing from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered more details about President Donald Trump’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and reaffirmed the Trump administration is “wholeheartedly committed to a peace deal.”
Leavitt began the briefing with the latest updates from the Trump administration’s diplomatic efforts with Russia and Ukraine. First, Leavitt addressed Trump’s recent announcement of “productive” separate phone calls Wednesday with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“I, myself, just spoke to the president about these calls and he told me to tell all of you they were very good calls,” Leavitt said. “They were very positive, and the administration is wholeheartedly committed to a peace deal to end, once and for…
