According to reporting including @MeetThePress , Trump called Putin 6 times in 2 months - March 30th, April 9th, April 10th, April 12, May 7th, June 1 ! That would be a crazy number of calls to any foreign leader. But to Putin? What on earth were they discussing? So strange.

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) July 5, 2020

Trump was put on probation on March 30th and needed to have followups until he got back in Putin’s good graces.