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  • Trump eager for big meeting with Putin; some advisers wary

    President Donald Trump is eager to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin with full diplomatic bells and whistles when the two are in Germany for a multinational summit next month. But the idea is exposing deep divisions within the administration on the best way to approach Moscow in the midst of an ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. elections.

    Many administration officials believe the U.S. needs to maintain its distance from Russia at such a sensitive time- and interact only with great caution.

    But Trump and some others within his administration have been pressing for a full bilateral meeting. He's calling for media access and all the typical protocol associated with such sessions, even as officials within the State Department and National Security Council urge more restraint, according to a current and a former administration official
    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-eage...081724342.html
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