Posted on 06/01/2018 10:26:07 PM PDT by Mariner
WASHINGTON—The White House is planning for a potential summit between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, according to people familiar with the efforts, a meeting that would bring to the international stage one of the world’s most enigmatic political relationships.
A senior administration official said Friday that Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, has been in Washington to help arrange a meeting between Messrs. Trump and Putin.
The planning is still at an early stage, the official said, with the two nations needing to agree on a date and location.
“This has been an ongoing project of Ambassador Huntsman, stretching back months, of getting a formal meeting between Putin and Trump,” the official said.
Any meeting between the two presidents would be expected to include discussions on Syria, Ukraine and nuclear-arms control. The summit’s purpose would be to resolve longstanding differences, people familiar with the matter said.
The summit would mark the third meeting between Messrs. Trump and Putin, who held discussions on the sidelines of two international meetings in 2017—one at the Group of 20 summit in Germany last July and at a November summit in Vietnam.
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From article....“This has been an ongoing project of Ambassador Huntsman, stretching back months, of getting a formal meeting between Putin and Trump”....
Indeed it has...and interesting Lavrov went to N.Korea this week for a ‘2’day visit and got his fanny yanked backed to Russia before the first day was out.
Early jump on planning for Collusion 2 / 2020?
Now that Iran is pulling out of Syria, (can't pay their military), Syria will not be a big issue between the Us and Russia.
The fact we saw BIBI in Russia with Putin at the Parade event spoke volumes in the visuals....as it was intended to do. (Rumor has it Putin agreed to BIBI being there, which shook Iran, if BIBI would assist in helping restoring a relationship with the US)
Interesting developments continue to unfold worldwide
Is Mueller invited as the third party?
He could hang out with the Wienstein potted plants...
I think we’re going to sell California to them.
Trump better not do this summit. Once it is done the Democrats will say it’s collusion.
[I think we’re going to sell California to them.]
I’ve long thought that we should give PR back to Spain.
Especially as we no longer use it as a fixed Aircraft Carrier and Spain is losing Catalonia.
Meanwhile, the only real collusion we've see was between the traitorous democrats and the Russians. Not that it should come as any great surprise to anyone who knows anything whatsoever about that party, the party of Bill "ChinaGate" Clinton, being one particularly glaring example of their treason.
Every recent president has held a summit with Putin. Trump has just taken longer to do so.
Putin is a crook who has been leeching off the weaknesses of the Western leadership landscape of the last 20 years.
Who now funds the CPUSA, supporters of H->! .
Well we don’t have weak leadership now.
Putin rides a mean horse bare chested.
Hussein rides behind in a girly fashion.
I’d swap California for Kamchatka
Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump may hit it off pretty well. I wonder which can come up with the best democrat joke.
Lots of geothermal energy in Kamchatka.
Any deal that puts a wedge between Russia and Iran will be a good deal.
Putin may be an SOB, but he’s an SOB for Mother Russia.
I hope I live long enough to see the hatchet buried once and for all with the Russkies. Their ways may be different from ours. But how can you hate a nation that has given us Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich?
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