Shock and awe: News of Donald Trump’s 90-minute phone conversation with Vladimir Putin

News of the 90-minute telephone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin came late in the day in Europe, but not too late for the Evening with Vladimir Solovyov show broadcast at midnight from Moscow to have devoted its opening segment to this breaking news. Indeed, the host put up on the screen the full text of Donald Trump’s description of the call on his Truth Social platform as well as the taped remarks of Dmitry Peskov, spokesman to the Russian President, giving the Kremlin’s version of the call.