U.S. officials have explored potential times and places for a Trump-Putin summit, including next month in New York, said people familiar with discussions.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has told aides he’d like to hold an in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the November election, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
Administration officials have explored various times and locations for another Trump-Putin summit, including potentially next month in New York, these people said.
The goal of a summit would be for the two leaders to announce progress towards a new nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia, the people familiar with the discussions said. One option under consideration is for the two leaders to sign a blueprint for a way forward in negotiations on extending New START, a nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia that expires next year, three of the people familiar with the discussions said.
They said Trump sees a summit as an opportunity to be presidential and demonstrate he’s able to negotiate agreements.
“He wants it to show his deal-maker abilities,” one of them said. “It’s just a big stage.”
A White House official said the president’s team plans to have him hold more meetings with world leaders in the weeks leading up to the election.
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“President Donald Trump has told aides he'd like to hold an in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the November election” https://t.co/PPTuDubBWa
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 16, 2020
Tell me more about Trump's instinctive grasp of political theater. The optics of this would be blisteringly stupid for anyone in his position, which makes it likely he'll try. https://t.co/GPTEVDj7kv
— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) August 16, 2020
My only comment on a possible Trump – Putin meeting pic.twitter.com/Bth6AQgNjB
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 16, 2020
There are some things you just can’t say over the phone… https://t.co/AJyv6kkxwD
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 16, 2020
I guess Trump needs more pointers on how to steal or sabotage an election, disenfranchise voters, destroy his enemies and just in general being a dictator.
Or maybe Trump needs another loan from the Russian banks.
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