--- description: The two leaders would likely discuss the civil war in Syria, where Moscow backs the Assad regime title: Trump and Putin Will Speak By Phone on Tuesday image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d7c48eb1240c187/6988cb87ab6d77bea66adeb0/gettyimages-6329161381.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Trump and Putin Will Speak by Phone for the First Time Since Syria Airstrike by [Eric Beech and Steve Holland / Reuters](/author/reuters/) ## Eric Beech and Steve Holland / Reuters Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2017 2:38 AM CUT  President Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 28, 2017 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Eric Beech and Steve Holland / Reuters](/author/reuters/) ## Eric Beech and Steve Holland / Reuters Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2017 2:38 AM CUT (WASHINGTON) – U.S. President Donald Trump will speak by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. ET the White House said on Monday night. A senior Trump administration official said the two leaders would likely discuss the civil war in Syria, where Moscow backs the government of Bashar al-Assad and the United States supports rebels trying to overthrow him. Trump ordered an [air strike](http://time.com/4730964/syria-airstrikes-unilateral-history/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") on a Syrian air base last month in retaliation for a deadly poison gas attack on civilians he blamed on Assad’s government. Russia denied the Syrian government was responsible for the sarin attack, which killed 90 people. Trump said after the cruise missile attack that the United States’ relationship with Moscow “may be at an all-time low.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4762747/trump-putin-telephone-call/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4762747/trump-putin-telephone-call/"},"headline":"Trump and Putin Will Speak by Phone for the First Time Since Syria Airstrike","datePublished":"2017-05-02T02:38:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:41:52.719Z","description":"The two leaders would likely discuss the civil war in Syria","url":"https://time.com/4762747/trump-putin-telephone-call/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d7c48eb1240c187/6988cb87ab6d77bea66adeb0/gettyimages-6329161381.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Beech and Steve Holland / Reuters"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d7c48eb1240c187/6988cb87ab6d77bea66adeb0/gettyimages-6329161381.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Speaks With Russian Leader Vladimir Putin From The White House","caption":"Donald Trump Speaks With Russian Leader Vladimir Putin From The White House","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4762747/trump-putin-telephone-call/","name":"Trump and Putin Will Speak by Phone for the First Time Since Syria Airstrike"}}]}] ```