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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin was reticent on Tuesday about whether it would accept an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to hold a summit with Vladimir Putin in Washington later this year, saying only that the two men had other chances to meet as well.
The Kremlins failure to swiftly accept Trumps invitation for a Washington summit has been noticeable. Though Moscow saw the Helsinki summit n the two leaders held last week as a success, the fiercely negative reaction by some U.S. politicians to Trumps performance has taken some in Russia aback.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that though Washington and Moscow agreed there was a need for another Putin-Trump meeting, Russia had not yet begun any practical preparations for a new meeting.
There are other options (to meet) which our leaders can look at, Ushakov told reporters, citing a meeting of G20 leaders in Argentina which starts at the end of November.
Maybe there will be other international events which Trump and Putin will take part in.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-putin-trump/kremlin-coy-on-new-summit-idea-says-putin-and-trump-can-meet-at-g20-idUSKBN1KE1R8
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,691 posts)Trump's balls in a jar - plus whatever Trump agreed to before leaving the one-on-one meeting looking like he'd been pantsed and his lunch money stolen. Putin probably has no further need for a special meeting with Trump any more; just the fact that Trump invited him to the WH so soon after the meeting shows that he's calling the shots completely in their relationship. Somebody needs to tell Trump that Putin just isn't that into him.
tavernier
(12,388 posts)Putin thought that the message of friendship would go over well with trumps base, and that way he could worm his way into our affairs, but like a big anxious puppy, Trump went way over the top and now Putin is worried that he blew the whole thing. So hes pulling back a bit.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Or Putin's trying to play coy and pretend that he and Trump aren't already doing what everyone knows they're doing. Sort of like in the M*A*S*H movie when Duke Forrest claims that just looking at Hot Lips makes him damn near puke. Later, of course, he's caught in bed with her to no one's surprise.
tavernier
(12,388 posts)Im guessing the bleached blonde with the big Rump.
spanone
(135,831 posts)global1
(25,247 posts)the midterms in favor of the Dems - like Trump said Russia was going to do. Now could he?