Seventy-five minutes – That’s how long US President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 4. On the table: two of the most volatile geopolitical flashpoints today: Iran’s nuclear program and Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian airfields. But beyond the headlines, this conversation raises far more questions than it answers — about US foreign policy, nuclear risk, and Trump’s diplomatic calculus.

Trump says he and Putin agreed that “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon." Putin even hinted he might step in to help mediate.

But can Russia, Iran’s closest nuclear collaborator, really be trusted to broker a deal?

Former United States Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, criticised Trump’s outreach to Putin, stating, “Russia has been receiving drones and ballistic missiles from Iran to use in its aggression against Ukraine. Iran and Russia are partners. It is ludicrous to think we would allow Putin to be chief negotiator between the U.S. and Iran.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has already slammed the U.S. proposal to halt uranium enrichment — calling it arrogant and rejecting........

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