Trump says he's 'probably not' meeting with Putin in Paris next week
President Trump said Monday that he would “probably not” meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week during the Armistice Day celebrations in Paris, despite a previous announcement by national security adviser John Bolton that the two leaders would hold a meeting.
However, Trump said that he would meet with Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Argentina that begins in late November, reiterating his belief that improving U.S. relations with Moscow would be a “good thing.”
“We haven’t set anything up yet. We don’t know that that’s going to be the right place. I’m going to be in Paris for other reasons, but we will be meeting at the G-20 and probably will have meetings after that,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One to travel to Cleveland for a political rally a day before the midterm elections.
“Getting along with Russia, China and all of them would be a good thing – I’ve said it for a long time," he added. "So, we’ll have plenty of meetings, but I’m not sure that we’ll have a meeting in Paris, probably not."
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/414968-trump-probably-not-meeting-with-putin-in-paris-this-month
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"we're not setting up anything formal for y'all to scream about for the next week but we'll do an impromptu tete-a-tete just to catch up and get the most current direction".
