KT McFarland, the former deputy national security adviser in the first Trump administration, told Newsmax on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s phone calls to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine “reinforced” the need for negotiations between the countries.

Trump said in a social media post Wednesday he had “a very good telephone call” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before.

“Much of the discussion was based on the call made [Tuesday] with President Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs,” Trump wrote, adding, “We are very much on track.”

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