Trump Says Putin Offered to Help with Iran in 1.5 Hour-Long-Call
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
3.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Outfront next, Iran mocking Trump at this hour, making fun of the U.S. blockade in a post just now, |
| 0:09.3 | as Trump's defense secretary faces a brutal clash with lawmakers with his own words coming back to haunt him. |
| 0:16.5 | Plus, Trump weighing in on Comey and did he just weaken his DOJ's case? |
| 0:22.6 | And an exclusive K-file report out front here tonight shakes up one of the most watched |
| 0:27.5 | Senate primary races in the country. |
| 0:30.5 | We'll tell you exactly what happened and who's deleting what. |
| 0:34.1 | Let's go out front. |
| 0:38.2 | And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, the breaking news. Iran mocking Trump in a |
| 0:42.9 | post just now, the lead nuclear negotiator, the Speaker of Iran's parliament in a new post |
| 0:49.3 | tonight dismissing the president's naval blockade in the Stit of Hormuz, writing about Trump's |
| 0:54.7 | decision to block ships, saying it's the quote, kind of junk advice the U.S. |
| 0:58.5 | administration gets from people like Besson, who also pushed the blockade theory and cranked |
| 1:03.0 | oil up to $120 plus. Next stop, 140. The issue isn't the theory. It's the mindset. |
| 1:10.6 | Of course, this post from Mr. Kallabov coming just after Trump patted himself on the back for his blockade. |
| 1:18.6 | Well, the blockade is genius. Okay. The blockade has been 100% foolproof. It shows how good our Navy is. I can tell you that. Nobody's going to play games. |
| 1:30.0 | Of course, obviously details matter right in ships that have evaded the blockade. But Trump made that |
| 1:35.8 | comment right after speaking to Vladimir Putin on the phone for an hour and a half. Trump really |
| 1:40.9 | didn't say much about the call at all. It's a really long call. It's a really important |
| 1:44.6 | call. We don't get readouts anymore. Trump says Putin offered to help end his war in Iran. Now, keep in |
| 1:49.9 | mind that is the same Vladimir Putin, who according to sources provided Tehran with specific intelligence |
| 1:54.6 | on striking American targets to kill American soldiers. Now, the phone call between Putin and Trump |
| 1:59.6 | took place on the same day, Trump's |
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