Trump, Putin speak by phone about subway attack

Published April 4, 2017 2:41am ET



President Trump on Monday evening spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin to express his condolences about a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg earlier in the day.

Trump offered Putin the full support of the U.S. government in response to the subway attack. Trump and Putin “agreed that terrorism must be decisively and quickly defeated,” according to the White House press secretary’s office.

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