President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will sit down for an official bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg on Friday rather than an informal pull-aside meeting.
The meeting, confirmed by both the White House and the Kremlin on Tuesday, will be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders and the first official bilateral meeting between a US and Russian president in nearly two years.
The meeting comes amid ongoing tensions between the two countries stemming from Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, its annexation of Ukrainian territory and its support of the Syrian regime.
"It is planned as a fully-fledged, 'seated' meeting," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday, according to the state-run TASS news agency.
National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton also confirmed that the two leaders will sit down together Friday for a bilateral meeting.
The format remained an open question through this weekend. Homeland security adviser Thomas Bossert said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that the parameters of the meeting had not yet "been set."
There are lots of pundits weighing in on this and suggesting that Trump needs to bring up the Russian interference in the 2016 election or else he will be forever Putin's poodle.
But I am convinced that Trump is already Putin's poodle and that the topic will never come up.
Let's face it Putin would never admit anything, but then again Trump does not want him to admit anything.
Trump is terrified that his election victory will be made illegitimate, and the first step toward doing that would be for Putin to admit that he helped him to win.
It serves neither one to even broach the topic, and so they will talk about other things instead, and don't think that THOSE topics will be in any way controversial either.
I think you've nailed it, Gryphen.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteHopefully Trump will not mock anyone or boast via Twitter. We know he will not make adult statements to the press pool with informative facts.
To Bad, $o $ad!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/nikki-haley-complained-about-north-korea-making-her-work-on-july-4-and-the-internet-let-her-have-it/
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Unless there's gay porn video of them after hours, you aren't going to change supporters' minds and probably not even then. "FAKE!"
ReplyDeleteIf previous investigations are indicative of future outcome, I expect nothing from Mueller unless a whole bunch of people decide to spill the beans. To the detriment of their careers? Come on.......
Are the supporters keeping Trump in White House at this point or is it the Republican party riding this out as they try to attain their wishlist. Would be interesting to see what the percentage of Trump supporters are there. Who are they? People who have an ax to grind with the so called liberals? And why would they tolerate a Russian puppet? Are these Trump supporters so desperate to do away with liberals at the cost of our democracy?
DeleteIf our country is being manipulated by an evil empire like Putin's then I would vote to have it stopped regardless if I can't stand my fellow countrymen. But now we are so stubbornly polarized we all head for the cliff. Democracy dies by a sellout.
Well , the bilateral meeting should be in private.
ReplyDeleteDrumph can perform the act on Putin without embarrassing the USA!
I hate it for my country, but I absolutely love seeing Trump get played. And I hope everybody who voted for him realizes that they, too, got played while screwing all of us. 'Cause that's just the bitch I am.
ReplyDeleteAnd fuck every politician who does not grab their integrity by the balls and take back this country and constitution.
GeorgiaPeach
I have developed such a potty mouth through this, Georgia Peach, standing with you in solidarity.
DeleteMe too! The 'f' word has become so much easier to use for some reason. Kind of appalled at myself, but when it comes to anything Trump, just can't help myself!
DeleteI say 'FUCK YEAH'
DeleteThe Republicans just don't want to admit that Trump is a total disaster.
DeleteAfter eight years of President Obama they will accept anything, a dumb "f" they try to control and they can't and now they are stuck with a hollow victory bought with anger and division. You own this Republicans now deal with it.
I have a couple of articles I found just today that speak about the cyber security software that is around the world...a Russian company is the heart. We are compromised bigly.
ReplyDeleteKaspersky....
Russia Threatens Retaliation If Pentagon Bans Kaspersky Software
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-30/russia-threatens-retaliation-if-pentagon-bans-kaspersky-software-j4k2inwq
McClatchydc.com: How close is Russian cyber firm to Russia’s spies?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article159342694.html
If anyone thinks that Trump is not being played by Putin you may be an idiot. Ask yourself who is smarter. Putin knows exactly what buttons to push because we have an ego maniac idiot for a President who tells all on twitter. We have a president who displays his weakness for all to see, who cant shut his mouth and all you have to do is brag him up and he will spill the beans, yes he is that much of a narcissist.
ReplyDeleteHe thinks Putin is his buddy? No way should this meeting be private. Trump is so power hungry he will give out info he should not just to brag.
He is the "maverick" that Palin bragged about and not in a good way. If the Rebublican Party continues to put up with this they need to ask themeselves at what cost and how far this shit show can continue until they sell out their country and their party.
I am sick of being embarrassed by a no nothing, low class President who focuses on media wars instead of doing his job.
Where are the major protests? Where are the Democrats? Have we been so pulverised by this shit show that we are eventually going to except this as the norm?
This is the Fourth Of July and lets not forget what was fought for, what many have fought for and died for and to have an idiot sociopath in charge of our military is beyond the pale. A President who got out of Vietnam due to money and "bone spurs" who plays golf and rides his golf cart on the green because his fat ass is to lazy to walk.
Trump has given a free pass to the likes of Chris Christie to openly be an ass while pissing on his State. Never has America been so low and never should this be accepted.
Democrats need to step up. The DOJ needs to do their job. We are losing our position in the World as a power to be relied on.
Remember when we had a President we did not wonder what kind of shit is he going to post today. Remember when we had a First Lady that never posed nude for all to see who actually had an agenda? I do.
ReplyDeleteI think cyber bulling as her cause has gone right out the window for poor plastic Melania Trump seeing as her husband revels in it.
What the hell does she do besides dress up and feed his ego and spend our money. Then again what the hell does Trump do but spend our tax dollars to hold rally's to feed his ego and make money.
I beg to differ... I expect serious controversy, especially when Americans and their allies find out how many secrets and deals Trump gives Putin.
ReplyDeleteLook what he gave to them when those two Russians went to the White House.
Now Trump will meet face to face and will want to be all puffed up important. And Putin knows how to flatter him to get what he wants.
Makes me want to throw up.
Just watched Democracy Now on Youtube. Naomi Klien had a 5 step plan on how to resist Fascism. I liked it.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to know that Democracy is on life support system and it's 50-50. Let's see if people pull for our country to thrive. Or just let the likes of rich people like Donny and cabinet turn us into a pitiful vortex of tyranny.
Putin is Trumps hero. Melania Trump should show up with Putin's latest whore and they can have a power play about who has the hottest boughten piece of ass.
ReplyDeleteThat's it a couple of ego maniacs getting together .Putin is smart Trump is not.
Don't like that Putin is smart. Bad thing. Smart evil villain. Not a good person because he has pilfered billions from his country, and killed people. Trump is his puppet, and we are now on dangerous ground.
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ReplyDeleteDonald Trump will hold Vladimir Putin's dick at bilateral meeting during G20 Summit.