Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Trump-Putin Meeting: An Amazing and Stunning Day

One for the history books...


Trump and Putin at the press conference concluding their meeting in Helsinki yesterday.

The Trump-Putin meeting in Helsinki began yesterday with Putin keeping Trump waiting for an hour, according to reports.

Next, the two met privately with only their translators in the room.

Then they held an amazing and stunning press conference, which was followed by an extraordinary interview with Putin.

For a sampling of coverage, comment and opinion about a remarkable day: 

The New York Times: Trump Shreds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/politics/trump-putin-summit.html

The Wall Street Journal: Trump Questions Finding of Russia's 2016 Meddling as He Appears with Putin on election meddling: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-blames-u-s-for-poor-relations-with-moscow-1531732220

CNBC: Spy Chief Dan Coates Shoots Back at Trump for refusing to side with him over Putin: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/16/dan-coats-shoots-back-at-trump-who-refused-to-side-with-him-over-putin.html

Washington Post: Trump's news conference with Putin was everything Putin could have dreamed of: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/07/16/trumps-news-conference-with-putin-was-everything-putin-could-have-dreamed/?utm_term=.d5d85df90a70

Brookings experts on Trump-Putin meeting and NATO summit: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/07/16/around-the-halls-brookings-experts-react-to-the-trump-putin-meeting-and-nato-summit/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=fp

Business Insider: In Fox interview, Putin compared suspicious deaths of political opponents to assassinations of US presidents: http://www.businessinsider.com/putin-compares-russian-murders-to-us-presidents-and-mlk-2018-7?utm_content=buffer1e808&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-bi

RT Russian news service: 'No collusion, I didn't know Putin to collude with him': Trump says after talks in Helsinki: https://www.rt.com/usa/433396-putin-trump-helsinki-meeting/

Business Insider: McCain blasts Trump for 'one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory in extraordinary, blistering statement: http://www.businessinsider.com/mccain-trump-remarks-with-putin-press-conference-statement-2018-7?utm_content=buffer37ed4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-bi

Associated Press: Analysis: Trump's 'America First' morphs into 'Me First': https://www.apnews.com/amp/a280e308ea004da9b50aa7efdbb826d7

Photo: RT.
Next time on The Allen Report:
NBCNews: The Mueller/Russia Investigation Timeline.

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