July 20, 2017

Julianne Smith in Financial Times on the Second Trump-Putin Meeting in Hamburg

Putting aside protocol spells danger for Donald Trump

When news broke this week about President Donald Trump having a second, unreported meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg on July 7, some wondered what the fuss was all about.

Read the full article in Financial Times.

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