On June 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly posted and deleted a Truth Social post about a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Numerous claims said the post appeared to show Trump revealing he spoke to Putin about Ukraine's recent drone attacks on Russian aircraft.
A number of X claims said Trump deleted the following Truth Social post about his phone call with Putin, while others noted that he deleted and then reposted the message.
(X user @AesPolitics1)
Trump's apparently deleted post read:
I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour and 15 minutes. We discussed the attack on Russia's docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides. It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields. We also discussed Iran, and the fact that time is running out on Iran's decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly! I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement. President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion. It is my opinion that Iran has been slowwalking their decision on this very important matter, and we will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time!
Trump did indeed make the above statement on Truth Social and subsequently delete it. Around an hour after deleting the post, he posted it again. As such, we rate this claim as true.
We found evidence of the deleted post on Trump's Truth and Roll Call. Both websites have dedicated archives of Trump's Truth Social account.
(Screenshot via Roll Call)
We found archived links to his now-deleted post, which he shared at 12:40 p.m. EDT on Truth Social.
Around an hour after deleting the original post, Trump reposted (archived) the same statement on Truth Social:
I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour and 15 minutes. We discussed the attack on Russia's docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides. It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields. We also discussed Iran, and the fact that time is running out on Iran's decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly! I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement. President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion. It is my opinion that Iran has been slowwalking their decision on this very important matter, and we will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time!
(Truth Social user @RealDonaldTrump)
Trump and Putin's call occurred after Ukraine carried out a drone attack on Russian airfields, destroyed warplanes, on June 1. Per the above post, Trump warned of Putin's response to Ukraine's attack and said their phone conversation would not lead to immediate peace. According to Trump, Putin also said he would participate in discussions with Iran on their nuclear weapons. According to the BBC, Russian officials declined to confirm the country's response to Ukraine's drone attack.
Trump's social media accounts and statements have been the subject of misinformation during the Russia-Ukraine war. Previously, we reported on the false claim that Trump called on Ukraine to compensate Russia for destroying its aircraft.