Trump alone in a room with Putin is a recipe for destruction – lessons from Helsinki

The lessons from Helsinki are clear: Donald Trump alone in a room with Vladimir Putin is an unpredictable and often dangerous affair. It was in 2018 when the two leaders met, at the invitation of Finland President Saul Niinistos, to discuss the collapse of US-Russia relations, charges of intervention in the elections and the prolonged war in eastern Ukraine, among other issues. When Trump came out of the room, he looked fascinated by the Kremlin leader. At a press conference, when asked about the conclusions of the US intelligence services that Russia had intervened in the elections, Trump said: “President Putin says it is not Russia. I don’t see any reason why it is. ” Fiona Hill, a senior Cremlin Advisor to the US National Security Council, later said that she had thought about knocking on the fire alarm or pretending to be a medical emergency to interrupt the press conference. New meeting […]
Source: News Beast

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