Zelenskyy has handed Washington new proposals to end the war. Will Trump and Putin speak before Sept 8?
62% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 21 predictions cast.
Trump and Putin did not hold a phone call before the question's Sept. 8 resolution, extending a quiet stretch in direct U.S.-Russia contact even as Kyiv pushed new proposals to end the war. The two leaders did go on to speak that same day: Trump and Putin held what Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov described as a "constructive and quite frank" phone call lasting about an hour, restarting the push for a Ukraine deal. The call followed a weekend of shuttle diplomacy in which U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and, for the first time, Kyiv, meeting separately with Putin and with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to seek a breakthrough. During the call, Trump emphasized the urgency of a resolution and framed it as a path to restoring broader U.S.-Russia relations and trade ties, while Putin discussed Russia's continued battlefield objectives, according to Ushakov. The envoys' visits and the call did not produce a diplomatic breakthrough on ending the war. The market resolved "no" on this question, reflecting that the call had not yet occurred by the time the question was assessed, even though the two leaders connected within the same day. The community had leaned toward "no" at 62% (38% yes).