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WH Counters Russia: ‘There Is No Scheduled Pull Aside’ With Putin

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11.30.18 | 10:03 am

A White House official pushed back on a Russian report that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a “brief, impromptu” meeting during the G-20 summit.

“There is no scheduled pull aside,” a White House official said, according to the pool report.

Kate Riga is a D.C. reporter for TPM and cohost of the Josh Marshall Podcast.
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  1. “There is no scheduled pull aside,” a White House official said, according to the pool report.

    Just a reach-around.

  2. But there will be an “unscheduled” pull aside…and we know when it will happen.

  3. Not scheduled, just when Daddy Putin get a whim?

  4. No scheduled pull aside but the meeting will happen.

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