US President-elect Donald Trump held his first phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 7 and warned Moscow “not to escalate the war in Ukraine” the Washington Post reports. Trump reminded Putin of Washington’s “sizable military presence in Europe,” according to sources cited by The Washington Post. The call broke diplomatic protocol as it was not scheduled by the US State Department officials, and took place unsupervised and without government interpreters, adding to concerns about Trump’s unpredictable and impulsive ruling style. Trump’s team confirmed to CNBC that since …