Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What's at stake as Trump meets Putin?
President Trump will sit down with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday. Critics are angry that Trump is not expected to bring up Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election. What will the two discuss in their first bilateral talks? The list of possibilities is long: Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Crimea, ISIS.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenPhoto: U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany July 6, 2017. (Axel Schmidt/Reuters)
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5 storiesHow will Trump and Putin's sit-down meeting play out?
Ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, critics are angry that Trump is not expected to bring up Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election. What will the two discuss in their first bilateral talks? The list of possibilities is long: Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Crimea, ISIS.
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