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brooklynite

(94,489 posts)
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 11:21 AM Jul 2017

Trump and Putin Meet at G-20 in Hamburg, as Protests Resume

Source: New York Times

• “It’s an honor to be with you,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Putin in public remarks before the private, 36-minute meeting. “I’m delighted to meet you,” the Russian leader replied.

...snip...

Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin met on Friday, and while their face-to-face encounter was not officially the main event at the G-20, for many, it might as well have been. Scores of journalists shouted questions as the two leaders sat side by side for photographs before the actual meeting.

“President Putin and I have been discussing various things, and I think it’s going very well,” Mr. Trump said. “We look forward to a lot of very positive happenings for Russia and for the United States, and for everyone concerned.”

...snip...

The Russians had agitated to include several more staff members in the meeting, but Mr. Trump’s team had insisted that the meeting be kept small to avoid leaks and competing accounts later, according to an administration official with direct knowledge of the carefully choreographed meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity around the matter.





Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/world/europe/g20-hamburg-trump-putin-protests.html?_r=0

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Trump and Putin Meet at G-20 in Hamburg, as Protests Resume (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2017 OP
Look at the body language NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #1
with what chump owes putin heaven05 Jul 2017 #3
That guy on the left leaning forward Bayard Jul 2017 #2
UPDATE: Meeting went for 2 hours brooklynite Jul 2017 #4
Trump pressed Putin. Putin 's reply: Marcuse Jul 2017 #5

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
1. Look at the body language
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 11:45 AM
Jul 2017

I may be reading too much into it, but it seems like Dump is the supplicant and Putin the boss.

Bayard

(22,047 posts)
2. That guy on the left leaning forward
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 12:05 PM
Jul 2017

Is he doing that because the two are talking so low he can't hear this conversation?:

Putin--"How's that president thing going for you that I set up?"

Rump--"Tremendous! Everyone saw that my inauguration crowd was hugely bigger than Obama's. He bugged my hotel, you know."

Putin--"That is good. Keep up the good work."

Rump--"I love you, Putie!"

brooklynite

(94,489 posts)
4. UPDATE: Meeting went for 2 hours
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 01:11 PM
Jul 2017

The Trump-Putin meeting is over

The meeting lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes, according to RC Hammond, a State Department spokesperson.

The meeting was scheduled to last 30 to 40 minutes.

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