The White House has set aside three days at the end of President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to Brussels and the UK for a potential summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the location of which is rumored to be neutral, historical and convenient Helsinki.
According to a Tuesday Politico report, the Finnish capital is a sufficiently neutral backdrop, as well as one suffused with historical significance: former President Gerald Ford signed the Helsinki Accords with the Soviet Union there, and former President George H. W. Bush met Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev there in the 1990s.
And perhaps most importantly, it’s close enough to get Putin back to Russia in time for the final match of the World Cup.
Per Politico, National Security Adviser John Bolton will be in Moscow this week to talk logistics for the meeting.
Good time for Manafort to flip.
Man, I love it. “Can we make it Helsinki? It’s closer, see, and there’s this ball game I don’t want to miss.” Really going to enhance our national prestige, this summit, I can see that.
Any time you’re in jail is a good time to flip. They’d probably have to relocate his daughters to a space vehicle of some kind to keep them safe but I figure NASA can hook that up easily enough.
Are we paying for his hotel too?
Great. Just at the same time I’m going to be there. I can’t get away from this motherfucker, even on vacation.
I suspect that Trump will not be welcomed in Helsinki with the same enthusiasm Bill Clinton was.
https://www.quora.com/How-is-Donald-Trump-viewed-in-Finland