NPR - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has described Friday’s summit between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a “listening exercise.” Leavitt’s wording downplays the chances of a breakthrough on a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine....
NPR’s Tamara Keith tells Up First she asked Leavitt yesterday about expectations for the Trump-Putin meeting because wording surrounding it has shifted. Leavitt stated that the president wants a peace deal, but the meeting is with only one party involved in the war. Trump does plan to meet virtually with European leaders, including the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, before and after his summit with Putin. Leavitt says there is value in Trump sitting face-to-face with Putin to gauge his seriousness about ending the war.
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