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.

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.

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.