Following his one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which lasted two hours, President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday the discussion was a “very good start for everybody.”
Trump: One-on-one meeting with Putin was a "very good start for everybody" pic.twitter.com/7ezucyKRdk
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Before the two went into a private meeting, Trump failed to mention that he would discuss Russian meddling in the 2016 election with Putin. He had previously told reporters that he would bring it up.
The summit follows an announcement from the Justice Department last week that it had indicted 12 Russian officials for interfering in the 2016 U.S. election.
Everybody but the USA?
Vladimir and I decided to invade Europe.
Donald the Neediest: Putin likes me! He really likes me! He said the best things! I got the best promises!
Vlad patted him on the head and told him he was a good boy. So he’s happy.
Or he promised a Trump Tower in Moscow to be built - with leveraged funds from Oligarchs.