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Politico: Putin blames 'fierce' U.S. politics for delaying meeting with Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that “fierce domestic” politics in the U.S. have kept him from meeting with President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters report.
“You have to ask our colleagues in the USA,” Putin told Austrian broadcaster ORF, in remarks that were picked up by Reuters, when asked why a meeting hadn't taken place. “In my view it is the consequence of the fierce domestic political contest in the United States.”
The possibility of a Trump-Putin summit was raised in March, when White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that the two presidents had discussed “a bilateral meeting in the ‘not-too-distant future’ at a number of potential venues, including the White House.”
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Update: Putin: ‘Fierce’ US politics standing in way of summit with Trump (UPI).
WNU Editor: In the past few days there has been talk of a Trump - Putin summit .... Talks Underway For A Potential Summit Between President Trump And Russian President Putin (June 1, 2018). The Kremlin has just downplayed these stories .... ‘No preparations’ for Putin-Trump summit underway, date ‘up in the air’ says Kremlin aide (TASS).
