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LONDON In the span of 24 hours, President Donald Trump upended a NATO gathering and expectations for his planned summit Monday in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin, raising questions about what Trump hoped to get out of the talks and what he would be willing to give up.
At a news conference Thursday right before he left Brussels for London, Trump refused to rule out ending NATO exercises in the Baltic Sea. On the issue of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump said, All I can do is say, Did you? and Dont do it again. But (Putin) may deny it.
In Brussels, he berated NATO allies over their defense spending, even privately threatening to walk out of the alliance only to sign on to a unanimous declaration acknowledging the alliance has made progress. By the end, he declared NATO "much stronger than it was two days ago."
If the unpredictability Trump showed during the two-day NATO summit in Brussels re-emerges at the Putin summit, experts said, the United States could end up making dangerous concessions.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/12/trump-nato-summit-putin-talks-helsinki/779598002/ess.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)The two are going to collude even more than they already have and they will be laughing at the stupid Americans and raise a glass of vodka for a re-do in Nov for the midterms. THAT is what will be going on and we all know it! Period.
All those fretting over potential "concessions" don't get it. Putin already owns us.
spanone
(135,844 posts)OneBro
(1,159 posts)Trump said, All I can do is say, Did you? and Dont do it again. But (Putin) may deny it . . . cause, well, Putin is my daddy.
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)For FOX to give Putin a platform to speak to the country he attacked is just absolutely sick.
mitty14u2
(1,015 posts)Chris Wallace announced Thursday that he will interview Russian President Vladimir Putin after Monday's summit with President Donald Trump in Helsinki, Finland.
The 30-minute interview - which will air Monday, July 16th on Fox News Channel - is the first and only interview that Putin will give to a Western journalist.
"No holds barred, no subjects off limits," the "Fox News Sunday" anchor said on "America's Newsroom."
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/12/chris-wallace-interview-vladimir-putin-monday-after-trump-summit
Helsinki is 8 hours ahead of US time zones, I am sure all questions were asked to Trump already Pre approved!