Trump envoy Steve Witkoff privately coached Putin’s aide on pitching peace negotiations to the president, according to a leaked Bloomberg transcript.

Critics say the recorded call reveals Witkoff favors Russian interests, while Trump defends the approach as standard dealmaking procedure.

Witkoff is headed to Moscow next week to meet Putin as Trump pursues a peace plan critics say heavily favors Russia.

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News on Tuesday.

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, according to a

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