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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo one on one meeting between trump and Putin
I am happy that there will NO one on one meeting
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On Friday afternoon, August 15, the news broke that U.S. President Donald Trump would not be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin one-on-one in Alaska as originally planned.
Instead, CNN reported, the meeting would include Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff meeting with three Russian officials.,,,,
Michael McFaul, who served as U.S. ambassador to Russian under former President Barack Obama, told Tur, "
Putin is) an indicted war criminal
And yet today, he's had this kind of reception
. I think he needs something substantial in return."
Instead, CNN reported, the meeting would include Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff meeting with three Russian officials.,,,,
Michael McFaul, who served as U.S. ambassador to Russian under former President Barack Obama, told Tur, "

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No one on one meeting between trump and Putin (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 15
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From reporting, it was just the 2 of them. I wonder if Putin will plant a listening device while he is in there.
Bev54
Aug 15
#4
'Huge development': Last-minute Trump-Putin change stuns CNN's Kaitlan Collins
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 15
#5
Tommy Carcetti
(44,166 posts)1. They certainly were chummy one on one in that limo ride. nt
Red Mountain
(2,174 posts)3. They had plenty of one on one time
during that ride.
Unless somebody else was with them?
Bev54
(12,800 posts)4. From reporting, it was just the 2 of them. I wonder if Putin will plant a listening device while he is in there.
FirstLight
(15,725 posts)6. LMAO 🤣 you know what that made me think of

Silent Type
(10,821 posts)2. I'm sure they've been talking in secret since day 1.
LetMyPeopleVote
(169,117 posts)5. 'Huge development': Last-minute Trump-Putin change stuns CNN's Kaitlan Collins
trump loves one on one meetings. Someone talked him out of this stupidity
President Donald Trump is no longer having a meeting alone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported ahead of the meeting.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-08-15T19:00:51Z
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-putin-2673888203
President Donald Trump is no longer having a meeting alone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported ahead of the meeting.
She noted that a White House official told reporters on Air Force One that other people would join in the meeting. Collins noted that it was just a few days ago that press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed it would be a one-on-one meeting. By Friday, however, that changed to a three-on-three.
Joining Trump will be his special envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State and Interim National Security Advisor Marco Rubio.
"That is a huge development here," she told fellow anchor Jake Tapper, "in terms of the structure of what this meeting is going to look like. And you've got to look at those two voices who are going to be inside the room with President Trump as this goes forward. One Steve Witkoff, who is no stranger to Vladimir Putin and has met with him at length, and actually was in that last meeting with him that set up all of the motion that was put in place."
The other, Rubio, previously has taken "a very hard line stance against Russia," she recalled.
LetMyPeopleVote
(169,117 posts)7. Putin did get a limited one on one meeting with trump
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The price for this meeting is sitting next to trump in an enclosed space

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