DrLove
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Only translators - No note takers, no cameras, and Putin is likely to have it bugged for future blackmail material. What could possibly go wrong? I mean, he came out of the meeting with Baby Kim spouting his agenda: "No more war games - they are very provocative"
So it is likely we'll hear something similar - Perhaps an announcement that we're pulling out of the UN? Another super-convincing proclamation that "Vlad says he didn't meddle and I believe him"?? The sky's the limit - what say you?
Trump's plans for Putin summit stoke concern - CNNPolitics
So it is likely we'll hear something similar - Perhaps an announcement that we're pulling out of the UN? Another super-convincing proclamation that "Vlad says he didn't meddle and I believe him"?? The sky's the limit - what say you?
(CNN) President Donald Trump clearly doesn't care what anyone thinks about his baffling, opaque and deferential relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a demonstration of his growing willingness to flout diplomatic convention and the concerns of US allies, Trump apparently plans to meet with the Russian leader alone, likely with only translators in the room, at the start of their summit in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16.
A source familiar with the planning of the meeting told CNN's Kevin Liptak on Monday that the encounter would parallel Trump's initial private encounter with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month in Singapore, before their summit expanded to include other top officials.
If Trump decides to go ahead with a one-on-one without his delegation behind closed doors, it would represent a thumb in the eye of his critics, given the curiosity and widespread concern in Washington and among US allies over the relationship between the US President and the Russian leader.
After all, Putin is accused of ordering an influence operation to interfere in the 2016 US election that evolved into a bid to help Trump win.
In a demonstration of his growing willingness to flout diplomatic convention and the concerns of US allies, Trump apparently plans to meet with the Russian leader alone, likely with only translators in the room, at the start of their summit in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16.
A source familiar with the planning of the meeting told CNN's Kevin Liptak on Monday that the encounter would parallel Trump's initial private encounter with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month in Singapore, before their summit expanded to include other top officials.
If Trump decides to go ahead with a one-on-one without his delegation behind closed doors, it would represent a thumb in the eye of his critics, given the curiosity and widespread concern in Washington and among US allies over the relationship between the US President and the Russian leader.
After all, Putin is accused of ordering an influence operation to interfere in the 2016 US election that evolved into a bid to help Trump win.
Trump's plans for Putin summit stoke concern - CNNPolitics
