President Donald Trump has told aides he'd like to hold an in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the November election, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
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The goal of a summit would be for the two leaders to announce progress towards a new nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia, the people familiar with the discussions said.
NBC
We know what the goal of the summit would be. How to get Trump reelected.
They said Trump sees a summit as an opportunity to be presidential and demonstrate he's able to negotiate agreements.
Only with Putin. But what does he give Putin?
"He wants it to show his deal-maker abilities," one of them said. "It's just a big stage."
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“We're not doing a meeting with Putin in the United States, but at some time we'd love to have Putin come here to sign a terrific arms control deal that protects Americans and protects Russians,” [National security adviser Robert] O’Brien said.
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The State Department announced Friday that the U.S. special envoy for arms control, Marshall Billingslea, plans to meet with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov in Vienna on Monday in the next round of negotiations between the U.S. and Russia on an arms control agreement.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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