Rand finds lots to like in Trump's presser with Putin Cut the president some slack, say the Kentucky senator and some of his GOP colleagues. By BURGESS EVERETT and ELANA SCHOR 07/16/2018 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/16/rand-paul-trump-putin-russia-725044 Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he hopes to meet with President Trump before he heads to Russia “to see if there’s anything he wants us to follow up on.” | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo As the GOP’s long-dominant hawkish wing hammers President Donald Trump over his chummy appearance Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a minority of Republicans aren't ready to clip their president's diplomatic wings. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), whose non-interventionist streak has long put him at odds with GOP foreign policy orthodoxy, plans to travel to Russia in early August to play shuttle diplomacy for Trump. In an interview on Monday, Paul said he hopes to meet with Trump before he heads overseas to “to see if there’s anything he wants us to follow up on.” “It’s gotten so ridiculous that someone has to stand up and say we should try to engage even our adversaries and open up our lines of communication,” Paul said. "We’re going to talk to the president about some small steps in order to try to thaw the relations between our countries." It’s hard to imagine any other GOP president empowering a legislator like Paul to pursue his goals of diplomacy with a longtime adversary like Russia. Paul's focus, for now, is on cultural exchange and fostering cross-Atlantic visits by U.S. and Russian lawmakers. To be sure, Paul has few Republican companions who share in his embrace of Trump's approach to Russia. But some of his colleagues are also prepared to give Trump a wider runway in his dealings with Putin. Two weeks before Trump met with Putin in Helsinki, a group of seven GOP senators and one House member visited Russia over the July 4 holiday week — a trip that would have been unthinkable when President Barack Obama was in office. Those senators said they talked tough with top officials like Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, despite the Russian media’s portrayal of them as weak on Moscow. And though they certainly don’t cite Russia as a friend, they believe Trump’s engagement with Putin is the right call. Asked whether Trump made a mistake by going to Helsinki, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) replied: “No, no, no.” Johnson, who indicated openness to revising some sanctions on Russia after joining the visit there, suggested that Trump’s news conference with Putin may be “trying to improve relations, with the public face you put on it.” "The president's got a delicate task in one sense, because engagement even with someone as evil as Putin is necessary," added Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. "They way I interpret it is the president is trying to maintain some rapport with him." GOP voices more critical of Paul and Trump's stance toward Russia took center stage on Monday. Mitt Romney called Trump’s performance alongside Putin “disgraceful” and Sen. John McCain called the meeting with Putin a “tragic mistake.” But Paul chalks that up to “Trump derangement syndrome.” He believes his trip, planned in concert with the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, will allow the United States to eventually make inroads with Russia in the ongoing civil war in Syria, denuclearizing North Korea and getting Russian troops out of Ukraine. “Republicans that are making the criticism are either the pro-war Republicans like McCain and Graham or the anti-Trump ones like Sasse,” Paul said. “They are motivated by their persistent and consistent dislike of the president.” Indeed, Trump has gradually but significantly shifted the GOP’s views of Russia, in part because as leader of the party, he has made it impossible for its lawmakers to criticize him and win primaries. Though Trump declined on Monday to endorse the U.S. intelligence committee's assessment of Russian meddling in the election and suggested the bad relationship between the United States and Russia was both countries' fault, many Republicans praised him as forceful with Russia in deed -- if not necessarily always in word. “It was a good idea for the president to meet with Putin and discuss the issues. Take a look at how tough the president has been on Putin: It’s been incredibly tougher than previous administrations,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), mentioning sanctions and providing weapons to Ukraine. “It’s important.” Montana Sen. Steve Daines, another Republican who traveled to Russia during this month’s delegation, said that “the intelligence community has been very clear that they interfered in our elections" despite Trump's attempt to assign equal blame. “It’s appropriate — very appropriate — to confront President Putin with the behavior of Russia, which is unacceptable,” Daines said. Asked whether Trump had offered that sort of confrontation, Daines said he had yet to see the president’s news conference. Trump’s most vocal foreign policy critics were more outraged than ever. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), for instance, said the president made the United States look like a “pushover.” But most Republicans tried to thread a needle that may not really exist: thrashing Putin while praising Trump — or laying off of him altogether. "President Trump won. Hillary lost. It's time for Democrats and the media to move on, and the president should keep on being forceful with Russia,” a spokeswoman for GOP Senate candidate Josh Hawley of Missouri told the Springfield News-Leader. No Republican was more bullish on Trump's performance than Paul, who voted against last year's overwhelmingly popular bill slapping sanctions on Russia. Paul is also a longtime skeptic of the hawkish Republican advisers whom Trump has surrounded himself with, from national security adviser John Bolton to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Yet when it comes to the fraught relationship with Russia, it turned out that Trump is much closer to the junior senator from Kentucky than any of the GOP establishment hawks around the president himself. “We have a lot of areas ... we should be talking about,” Paul said of Russia. “We won’t get anywhere on it if we just say we want ... to put more sanctions on them and tomorrow they’ll surrender and do what we want.” Paul expects to get a chance to try out his brand of diplomacy himself next month when he meets with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, staff in the opposition media, and other Russian officials. **** This is crazy... **** Here's another Peter Strzok video with a good montage of those scary faces,
With all of the current time's imploding occurrences and hysterical reactionary responses to just about anything happening for the good these days makes one think that such happenings now, growing in intensity, could be the beginning of what Valentina's message, this past June, pointed to about "from now on, until September this year there will be many calamities in the world.” Now such "calamities" could be of various types but some may very well be of the political upheaval kind as well. We have the former CIA director, Brennan, openly suggesting that the Obama holdovers in the intelligence agencies should begin to withhold information from the President! Then this: Unhinged Democrat Lawmakers Call For Trump’s Interpreter in Putin Meeting to Testify Before Congress Meanwhile Obama is establishing his new platform for the new progressive globalist world he continues to push....but of course his current attempt to bring down the U.S. is from a distance, South Africa, and preached to the gullible who've never experienced the freedoms he shows his disdain for and wishes to replace. Former president Barack Obama gave his first speech in Africa on Tuesday since leaving the White House, on the 100th birthday of former South African president Nelson Mandela. His speech was aimed at encouraging the world to adopt the philosophies of the late anti-apartheid leader and not those of “strongman” heads of state. He did not mention President Trump by name, but much of it seemed to refer to his successor in the White House. The rumblings of division in the world, choosing sides between good and evil seem to be gaining in momentum....and I wouldn't be surprised that soon the earth itself will reflect this split and that Valentina's predicted great earthquake in China, "happening very, very soon", will alert us to this serious time of rebellion as viewed from Heaven.
this is also a fantastic blog that is spot on for the news in the US and the real Trump info as to why he does what he does....5D chess https://theconservativetreehouse.com/
They wanted a blue wave, but got a progressive swell instead By Mariel Garza | Jul 15, 2018 | http://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-o...blue-wave-but-got-a-1531678039-htmlstory.html Sen. Kevin de León, at Vista Hermosa Park in Los Angeles in June. (Gabriel S. Scarlett / Los Angeles Times) The Democratic Party has been focused on building a blue wave to wash over the midterm elections and flip the U.S. House of Representatives. Maybe that’s why they didn’t notice the progressive swell sneaking up. Late last month, it overtook Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), a party stalwart representing parts of New York City, who lost the primary to newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Latina. The upset was written off by some as a rogue wave, a one-off that was merely a reflection of the changing demographics of that particular House district and not a referendum on the party’s neoliberal platform. But the one-offs are starting to add up around the country as progressive candidates advance over more moderate Democrats, notably in three gubernatorial primaries: Stacey Abrams in Georgia, Ben Jealous in Maryland and Jared Polis in Colorado. Are party leaders listening to the message from Democratic voters clamoring for candidates who boldly embrace liberal values, not sublimate them in bland positions in the hopes of capturing those elusive — and now possibly mythical — on-the-fence voters? Perhaps they are in California. On Saturday night the California Democratic Party executive board snubbed incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein and voted to back her progressive challenger, state Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) in the November election. He received 65% of the vote of about 330 executive board members, while 7% went for Feinstein. The rest voted for “no endorsement.” Of course, California party leaders aren’t risking victory in November by embracing an uber liberal in the U.S. Senate race — Republicans didn’t finish in the top two in June’s primary, and so are shut out of the November election. De León, former Senate president pro tem and self-proclaimed leader of the state’s anti-Trump movement, has positioned himself far to the left of the moderate Feinstein, backing Medicare for all, free public higher education and the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (For the record, The Times Editorial Board endorsed Feinstein in the primary.) But the party also doesn’t gain anything by backing De León, which suggests that the executive board members felt liberated to make a decision reflecting their true values and not based on political calculus. Some people have characterized the endorsement vote as a slight to Feinstein after a long and distinguished career serving in the Senate. One local progressive leader told me that the vote was more about ageism and sexism than political positions, and that actually many progressives support Feinstein. I don’t doubt that, but I think that ultimately Feinstein got caught, at least for the moment, in the undertow of a powerful progressive current coursing through the Democratic Party. Donna's link above reminded me of the following story that I heard last night, Ocasio-Cortez starts controversy with comments on Israeli ‘occupation,’ admits she's 'not the expert' By Benjamin Brown | July 17, 2018 | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/17/ocasio-cortez-starts-controversy-with-comments-on-israeli-occupation-admits-shes-not-expert.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+foxnews/politics+(Internal+-+Politics+-+Text) Ocasio-Cortez attacks Israel then admits ignorance on issue Democrat socialist candidate struggles to clarify her comment on Israel's 'occupation of Palestine.' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic socialist who became a rising political star after her victory in New York’s congressional primary last month, referred to Israel’s "occupation” of Palestine in an interview before admitting that she is “not the expert” on the subject. During an interview on PBS’s "Firing Line" on Friday the congressional candidate raised eyebrows when she said, “I also think that what people are starting to see-- at least in the occupation of Palestine-- is just an increasing crisis of humanitarian condition and that to me is just where I tend to come from on this issue.” When asked to expand on her comment, Ocasio-Cortez hesitated for a moment before explaining how “Palestinians are experiencing difficulty in access to their housing and homes. Oh I think — what I meant is that the settlements that are increasing in some of these areas and places where Palestinians are experiencing difficulty in access to their housing and homes…” Ocasio-Cortez was then asked to further clarify her comments, in which she acknowledged that she is not familiar with the ins and outs of the ongoing clash in the Middle East. “I am not the expert at geopolitics on this issue,” she said with a laugh. “I am a firm believer in finding a two-state solution on this issue, and I’m happy to sit down with leaders on both of these — for me, I just look at things through a human-rights lens, and I may not use the right words. I know this is a very intense issue.” The Washington Examiner ran an opinion piece titled, ‘Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talks About the ‘Occupation of Palestine’ but She Doesn’t Know What That Means.’ “Even with her degree in international relations, the lack of knowledge beyond buzzwords should not be surprising,” the magazine wrote. Ocasio-Cortez also touched on comments she made in May when she called the Israeli military action confronting protesters trying to breach the Israel-Gaza Strip a “massacre” and that “no state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protesters.” “The lens through which I saw this incident [at the Israel–Gaza border], as an activist, as an organizer — 60 people were killed in Ferguson, Mo.; 60 people were killed in the South Bronx, unarmed; 60 people were killed in Puerto Rico — I just look at that incident…just as an incident, and to me it would just be completely unacceptable if that happened on our shores,” she said. During a town hall style sit-down with Democracy Now on Monday, Ocasio-Cortez was asked once again about the ongoing situation in the Middle East, specifically whether she still supports a two-state solution in Israel. “This is a conversation I’m sitting down with lots of activists in this movement on and I’m looking forward to engaging in this conversation,” she said. Ocasio-Cortez is set to square off against Republican Anthony Pappas in New York’s 14th Congressional district race in the fall. I came across the following video and imho this guy called it two weeks ago, This happened... 2018 WATCH -- LAURA NAHMIAS and HEATHER CAYGLE: “Ocasio-Cortez vs. Crowley feud erupts on Twitter”: “The battle between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Joe Crowley isn't quite over — and it’s taking a bitter turn. Just two weeks after the 28-year-old shocked the Democratic establishment with a stunning primary upset of the 10-term incumbent, she engaged in an extraordinary public fight with Crowley on Twitter Thursday, accusing him of planning to mount a third party run against her in November’s general election, despite his public pledge to back her candidacy after his loss. And Crowley’s camp pushed back hard, accusing Ocasio-Cortez of deliberately distorting events.” https://politi.co/2Jm9f8i There is a possibility that if these sort of things continue Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be defeated in November by her Republican opponent Anthony Pappas which would be quite amazing. Both President Trump and Patrick Buchanan predicted that this "new blue wave" would be good for the GOP and I pray that will be the case. Ocasio-Cortez Is Better News for the GOP Than the Democrats ... by Patrick Buchanan | Jun 29, 2018 Tossing Crowley's credentials back in his face, Ocasio-Cortez ran as a Latina, ... a two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, ...
About that question on whether the President should trust the intelligence community.....well, um, there IS a history there when it comes to this President: RAND PAUL: THE ONLY PERSON WE KNOW COLLUDED WITH THE RUSSIANS IS HILLARY CLINTON Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says the only person whom he and others “actually know colluded with the Russians” is former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Rand was on Fox News Wednesday morning clarifying his stance on Russia’s election meddling and the intelligence community. President Trump faced broad outrage over comments he made during the Helsinki, Finland, summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday. Trump was criticized for not being more forceful with the Russian leader and for not backing up U.S. intelligence findings of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump clarified his comments in a short statement at the White House on Tuesday. When asked to explain the controversy, Rand said that the president thinks the Muller investigation is “tainted” by partisan Democrats that also colluded with Russia. “The president sees the Mueller investigation. He sees all these accusations from partisan Democrats, Hillary Clinton, saying ‘Oh, he colluded with the Russians,” Rand said. “The only people who we actually know colluded with the Russians were Hillary Clinton who paid a British agent who paid Russians for information for the dossier.” Rand was referring to the infamous unverified Steele dossier compiled by Fusion GPS and paid for by the Clinton campaign. “[Trump] feels like the intelligence community cooked up a political and partisan investigation,” Rand continued, “but also, part of the Mueller investigation is something that should have investigated, and that is: Who hacked into Hillary Clinton’s emails?” Rand concluded, “There is part of the Mueller investigation that is legitimate and part of it that is a partisan attack on the president.” Rand went on to say that he lost faith in the intelligence community after the NSA spying and data collection scandal during the Obama years. http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/18/rand-paul-hillary-clinton-russian/
God bless Rand Paul. He has integrity. And he is not “owned” by the deep state as so many Republicans are. I wonder if that is why he was so savagely attacked.
Another Rand Paul re: former CIA director, John Brennan's, latest remarks: Paul said, “You know John Brennan started out his adulthood by voting for the Communist Party presidential candidate. He is now ending his career by showing himself to be the most biased, bigoted, over-the-top, hyperbolic, sort of unhinged director of the CIA we have ever had. It really is an insult to everything about our government to have a former head of the CIA calling the President treasonous just because he doesn’t like him.” He added, “I filibustered Brennan. I tried to keep Brennan from ever being the leader of the CIA. But realize that Brennan and Clapper are known for wanting to expand the authority of the intelligence agencies to grab up everyone’s information, including Americans. So I don’t have a lot of respect for these people. Even before they decided to go on hating the President, I disliked these people because they wanted to grab up so much power and use it against the American people.” https://www.breitbart.com/video/201...he-most-biased-bigoted-unhinged-cia-director/
This whole relationship between President Trump and Putin may help bring about one of the Pre-Warning Signs Albrecht Weber’s book (The Finger of God) contains this statement attributed to Conchita: “The Pope will go to Russia, to Moscow. As soon as he returns to the Vatican, hostilities will break out in different parts of Europe.” [The source for this information was also requested. Mr. Weber responded: “Conchita said this in a long conversation at her house on November 14, 1965.”] (A reference to this point also appears in the book Suddenly and Unexpectedly. by T. Michael Fay on page 47 The pictiure below i believe is from the book Garabandal by Jaques Serre Also here
I think so too. I go there looking for common sense—like this week— when the msm outrage meter is in the red and ready to blow.
Donald Trump to Invite Vladimir Putin for U.S. Visit This Fall ‘Discussions are already underway’ for Putin visit, White House press secretary says U.S. President Donald Trump, seen at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday, is seeking invite Mr. Putin to Washington this fall.. Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press By Rebecca Ballhaus and Vivian Salama July 19, 2018 527 COMMENTS https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald...sit-this-fall-1532031225?ns=prod/accounts-wsj Breaking News.... WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump has asked his national security adviser to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington this fall, the White House said Thursday. In a tweet, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that Mr. Trump had “agreed to ongoing working level dialogue between the two security council staffs” at the summit in Helsinki earlier this week—and had asked John Bolton, the national security adviser, to invite Mr. Putin to visit this fall. “Those discussions are already underway,” she wrote. Mr. Trump has faced sharp rebukes from lawmakers in both parties and diplomats abroad for his conduct at a news conference in Helsinki. He questioned the U.S. intelligence agency finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election while standing alongside Mr. Putin. On Tuesday, he sought to reverse his remarks, saying he misspoke, though he has since defended his comments at the news conference and praised his relationship with Mr. Putin. Mr. Trump first offered an informal invitation to Mr. Putin to visit him at the White House during his call with the Russian leader earlier this year in which he congratulated Mr. Putin on his election victory. The invitation took many advisers by surprise as it had not been previously discussed, according to one administration official with direct knowledge. Many of his advisers at the time believed that while meetings with Mr. Putin could be productive, an invitation to the White House was too much of an honor and ultimately would send the wrong message amid growing evidence that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, the official said. Mr. Putin’s last visit to the U.S. was in 2015, when he traveled to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly. The Russian president last visited Washington in 2005. (More to Come) **** I saw President Trump on the news today and he looked very well rested imo so much for the "kooks" with a plan... Protesters to 'Occupy' Lafayette Park for Third Night By Cordilia James | July 18, 2018 Protests dubbed #OccupyLafayettePark are set to occur outside the White House for a third night on Wednesday. Starting Monday, demonstrators decried President Donald Trump's comments demonstrators decried President Donald Trump's comments on Russian meddling and U.S. elections. The demonstrations just north of the White House were organized by Clinton political adviser Adam Parkhomenko and former Hillary Clinton aide Philippe Reines, Parkhomenko told News4... ... "I just got off the phone with an individual who is the coordinator of Mariachi bands and his first question was…Your primary goal is volume right? Yep," he wrote. On Tuesday, protesters banged pots and pans, used bullhorns and carried signs that read “Don the Con, Putin’s Pawn.” Large orange letters with LED lights lit up the word “Liar," as demonstrators chanted “shame,” “traitor” and “lock him up.” Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' lawyer in a suit against the president, spoke at the protest. ... **** I suppose that the above "kooks" thought that the following was a better idea, Mar 6, 2009 - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov a 'reset button,' however the Russian-language label had the wrong word and it read 'overcharged' instead of 'reset.' PS - I saw a video of the protests in London that was linked on that site that Donna posted above, ugh, there were lots of "kooks" at that protest too.
CONFIRMED: Dirty Cop Mueller Offered Tony Podesta Immunity to Testify Against Paul Manafort — As TGP Reported (VIDEO) Dirty cop Robert Mueller offered Tony Podesta, founder of the now-defunct Podesta Group, immunity in exchange for testimony against Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort. The Gateway Pundit reported two days ago that Mueller was going to give the crooked Podesta brothers immunity. Mueller is defending Tony Podesta from his crimes. We were right. Tony Podesta is brother to Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chair, John Podesta which is why he’s getting special treatment from dirty cop Mueller. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson announced Thursday evening that two separate sources confirmed to him Mueller offered Tony Podesta immunity. “In other words, for a near identical crime, Bill and Hillary’s friend could escape and emerge completely unscathed while Paul Manafort may rot in jail. Only one of them made the mistake of chairing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,” Tucker Carlson said. Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino unleashed on dirty cop Mueller over the revelation he gave immunity to Tony Podesta. “The Mueller probe is a disgusting abomination of justice.Not only is Mueller ruthlessly trying to overturn the election but he’s desperately trying to cover up for the DOJ & the Clintons. Fire Mueller immediately & let’s move on from this national disgrace,” Bongino tweeted. The Podesta Group, the now defunct lobbying firm ran by John Podesta’s brother, Tony Podesta, was lobbying a pro-Kremlin Ukrainian political front yet was never issued an indictment from Mueller even though they failed to register as a foreign agent. Trump’s former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, however, was indicted and jailed for the exact same offense. It gets worse… John Podesta was working for the Obama administration helping his brother Tony Podesta lobby on behalf of foreign companies a month after Hillary left the State Department. Judicial Watch recently obtained 5 pages of records from the State Department after filing a FOIA lawsuit. “Both Manafort and the Podesta Group had to file foreign agent registration act forms disclosing their lobbying activities for groups like the party of the regions and some other fronts associated with Ukraine. ONLY MANAFORT WAS INDICTED for not filing those forms properly and on time when he should have,” Fitton said. “The Podesta Group, a mega Democrat lobbying firm was not indicted, nor was Mr. Podesta himself,” Fitton continued. The Podesta group was involved with the same Ukrainian entities that Manafort is being charged in federal court for, yet the Podestas aren’t being investigated. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...-against-paul-manafort-as-tgp-reported-video/
Tony Podesta Is Sixth Clinton-Linked Democrat to Be Granted Immunity — While Paul Manafort Rots in Prison for Same Crime Paul Combetta, the computer specialist who deleted Hillary Clinton’s emails when they were under subpoena, was granted immunity by the Obama DOJ in September 2016. Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff and attorney, received an immunity deal from the Justice Department during the year-long FBI investigation of Clinton’s server before she even testified. John Bentel director of the State Department’s Office of Information Resources Management, was given immunity by the Obama DOJ. Heather Samuelson, a senior Hillary Clinton adviser, was also given immunity agreements, bringing the total number of witnesses who were protected by deals to five. Bryan Pagliano, Clinton’s former IT aide who set up her email server, received immunity by the Obama DOJ. The Obama DOJ interviewed 17 top witnesses in the Hillary Clinton server investigation AFTER the decision was made to exonerate her. This week we learn that dirty cop Robert Mueller granted immunity to Tony Podesta who committed the same exact crimes as Paul Manafort. Today Manafort sits in isolation in a prison cell. Tony Podesta will walk free. The Democrat Deep State has turned America into a banana republic.
That report was intentionally inaccurate....just because Trump mentioned Finland's leader in connection with the NATO conference the fako news made it up that he "thinks" they're in NATO. They were even unaware that Trump DID meet with the leader AT the NATO summit so that was the connection to NATO between the two leaders. They even make a note at the bottom of this article that they had to correct an earlier report that called NATO the North American Treaty Organization (instead of North Atlantic). Bozos run the stoopid media these days. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/...ronger_despite_trumps_blunt_comments/10302249 Niinistö said that during the two-day summit, he was able to hold brief discussions with the US president about his imminent encounter with US President Vladimir Putin. Niinistö is also due to meet Trump on Monday for bilateral talks but he said details of those discussions are still open.
