White House national security adviser General H.R. McMaster told reporters last week that there was “no specific agenda” for the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Trump will emphasize “whatever the president wants to talk about,” McMaster said.Press reports indicate President Trump has tasked his staff to compile steps he could offer to Putin, presumably to demonstrate that nothing—neither investigations back home nor concern about the threat that Putin poses—will keep him from trying to strike a deal with his Russian counterpart. The media hasn’t always gotten the story right …read more
Source: The American Interest
