On Tuesday, President Trump had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Trump’s national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. “Two people familiar with the notecards acknowledged that they included instructions not to congratulate Putin. Yet another possibility: Officials don’t want their buddies in and around the Beltway to think that they advised the president to congratulate Putin. All of the stress on silence harks back to one of the more comical moments of the Trump presidential campaign.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2018 18:00 UTC