President Donald Trump on Tuesday night attempted to delegitimize reports on a second, informal meeting he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit, declaring the reports “Fake News” and “sick.”
Fake News story of secret dinner with Putin is "sick." All G 20 leaders, and spouses, were invited by the Chancellor of Germany. Press knew!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2017
The Fake News is becoming more and more dishonest! Even a dinner arranged for top 20 leaders in Germany is made to look sinister!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2017
Several outlets reported on Tuesday evening that Trump had a previously undisclosed conversation with Putin during a dinner for leaders at the G20 summit. The reports did not describe the meeting as “secret” and noted that the conversation took place at a dinner with other world leaders. The reports merely noted that the White House had not previously disclosed that the conversation took place.
His use of the phrase “top 20 leaders” made me laugh. It sounds like there was a playoff. I wonder where he’d rank himself & Vlad.
Fake news? Possibly, except that there was a room full of witnesses, which kind of tilts it toward “real news”…
Have you filled out your bracket yet?
It will be interesting to find out what they talked about. I assume that every intelligence service worth its salt has multilingual lip-readers in attendance at events like this. It’s just a question of how long it takes for someone to leak the transcript.
Considering he responded the way he did, I’m guessing the two of them were finalizing their 2018 election plans.