Posted on 07/07/2017 2:52:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Even US First Lady Melania Trump was powerless to keep the first face-to-face meeting of the US and Russian presidents from running well over time.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he tried several times to remind President Donald Trump about the ticking clock during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg.
"One of the reasons it took a long time ... is because once they met and got acquainted with one another fairly quickly, there was so much to talk about. There was just such a level of engagement and exchange that neither of them wanted to stop," Mr Tillerson told reporters.
He said the two men connected quickly and had "a very clear positive chemistry."(continued)
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The world is a bit safer tonight - the grownups are taking charge.
Yep.
>FWIW, China is getting a lot of Africa lately.
And they’d lose it all in about 5 minutes after a US fleet showed up.
>Wanna see the Democrat media’s heads explode? The Trumps should invite Vlad to their suite for a friendly after-hours visit.Too bad the President doesn’t drink because there’s nothing better than a couple of glasses of excellent wine with good company.
Putin doesn’t drink either. He’s worked very hard to reduce alcoholism in Russia.
>I predict that we’ll see Putin at Mar-a-lago within 6 months!!
Won’t ever happen. The America deep state wants him dead and they’d risk war to take a shot at him.
> Lets face it. Putin had to put up with the token moron president for 8 years. He is ecstatic to talk to a real, intelligent, tycoon president.
It’s been reported that Putin referred to Obama as “That Homo in the white house” and usually had an underling deal with him instead of Putin directly.
This is the difference between going down a checklist and communicating -they both learned a lot about each other and I’d wager that such knowledge benefits us more than Putin.
Plotting to tamper with the 2020 election. LOL!
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