For three days, had nothing to say about Ukraine’s spectacularly successful drone attack on Russia’s long-range bomber fleet, about which the White House said Kyiv kept him in the dark.

His first comment came in a post on his Truth Social account, in which he revealed he had spoken with Russian President by phone for over an hour. However, he gave no indication he did anything but listen to Putin’s grievances, including Putin’s vow that “he will have to respond” to the sneak attack that destroyed at least 20 of his nuclear-capable bombers Sunday.

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