February 2025 Putin–Trump phone call

February 2025 Putin–Trump phone call
Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Vladimir Putin on January 28, 2017.
Host country United States
Russia
DateFebruary 12, 2025
Participants
FollowsSecond inauguration of Donald Trump
Precedes2025 Russia–United States Summit

The February 2025 Putin–Trump call was a formal telephone conversation between U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin that took place on February 12, 2025. The conversation is said to have lasted an hour and a half, and was the first direct exchange of views between the leaders of the Russian Federation and the United States since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

According to a detailed statement posted by Donald Trump on his Truth Social social media account, the conversation covered a wide range of topics, including the situation in Ukraine, in the Middle East, artificial intelligence, energy, and the strength of the U.S. dollar, among other issues.