We’re just going to leave this here today pic.twitter.com/WkFVQ4BzIf
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 13, 2018
Have been out of pocket all day and have just finished reading the indictment and I can’t believe Trump is still going to meet Putin afterwards. The message to Putin is clear: I believe you, not my own judicial system.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) July 14, 2018
Trump on his summit with Putin: "I’m not going in with high expectations but we may come out with some very surprising things."
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) July 13, 2018
Intel gathered by US officials captured some of the Russians accused in today’s indictments congratulating each other and celebrating the success of their operation during the campaign. They were also captured celebrating Trump's victory, source tells CNN https://t.co/xi9M1K7R35 pic.twitter.com/Mhg0xp4BT8
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) July 13, 2018
And that was the test. Moscow wanted to see if he really was the scummy, nothing sacred, cut every corner gangster he seemed to be, or if it was just an act. If their quasi-deniable lawyer left the building without handcuffs, they knew Trump would play ball.
— zeddy (@Zeddary) July 13, 2018
Not getting enough attention. Trump criticized the Russia investigation today for hurting our relationship with Russia. Soon after, Rosenstein made it clear that Trump was briefed on the new indictments of Russians for attacking the US "earlier this week" pic.twitter.com/hi32fK5RvQ
— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) July 13, 2018
They’ll be alone. Trump probably won’t even bring it up. If trump knew earlier in the week, he relayed it to Putin.
— Gilda Stahl (@StahlGilda) July 13, 2018
I asked 16 different former US officials who have dealt with Russia summits for every president since Reagan about this Putin – Trump summit. They are pretty terrified… https://t.co/9kKOr4OigZ
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) July 13, 2018
… On Monday, in Helsinki, Trump will have his long-awaited summit with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, a meeting he has personally pursued over the cautions of his advisers and despite the long political shadow of alleged Russian influence over his 2016 campaign. Beyond the allure of aggrandizement and President Trump’s affinity for the Russian strongman, why the meeting is taking place now remains a mystery. Is the purpose to discuss arms control? Syria? Ukraine? To rehash the 2016 election? Remarkably, it’s not clear, and that in and of itself marks this as a most unusual summit…
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