White House planning for potential Trump-Putin summit

[Swordsmyth]

The White House is preparing for a potential summit between President Trump (http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-in-early-talks-for-potential-summit-between-trump-and-putin-1527898635?mod=e2tw).
Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, is helping to set up the meeting, though the planning is still in its early stages, the Journal reported.
“This has been an ongoing project of Ambassador Huntsman, stretching back months, of getting a formal meeting between Putin and Trump,” a senior administration official told the Journal.

More at: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390360-white-house-planning-for-potential-trump-putin-summit-report

[Aratus]

Y'all think they are going to go in "dutch" and share a streetwalker???
MisterDonnieTrump likes V.Putin's moxie, lifestyle and social attitudes.

[Swordsmyth]

Just a day after praising "courageous and mature" President Trump (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-06/putin-praises-brave-and-mature-trump-agreeing-meet-north-korea) for his plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-Un and five days since The Wall Street Journal reported that The White House is planning a summit between Trump and Putin (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-02/white-house-planning-summit-between-trump-and-putin), The Wall Street Journal is now reporting (https://www.wsj.com/articles/vladimir-putin-asks-austrian-leader-to-set-up-summit-with-donald-trump-1528405959) that Putin is seeking a meeting with Trump in Europe.
So which is it WSJ?
Over the weekend, they reported the White House is planning for a potential summit between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, "a meeting that would bring to the international stage one of the world’s most enigmatic political relationships."
Citing sources, the WSJ reports that Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, and current US ambassador to Russia, has been on the front end of talks to bring the world leaders together, an official said.

“This has been an ongoing project of Ambassador Huntsman, stretching back months, of getting a formal meeting between Putin and Trump,” the official said.
Among the numerous potential topics for discussion, any meeting between the two presidents would bring up Syria, Ukraine and nuclear-arms control, with the stated purpose of the summit would be "to resolve longstanding differences."
And now they are reporting Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked Austria’s chancellor to organize a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Vienna this summer and the White House is pondering the offer, a senior European official said.
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So is The White House 'planning' a Summit or 'pondering' one? Who knows... but it appears to be getting closer to reality.

More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-07/putin-asked-austria-set-summit-trump

[Jamesiv1]

The MAGA is strong in this thread.

[Swordsmyth]

President Trump (http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump) is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month during Trump’s scheduled trip to Europe, Bloomberg reported (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-20/trump-is-said-to-plan-meeting-with-putin-in-europe-in-july) Wednesday.
The plans are not final, sources told Bloomberg. However, the meeting could take place either before the July 11 NATO summit in Belgium or after Trump visits the United Kingdom on July 13.
The White House declined to comment to Bloomberg.

More at: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393393-trump-likely-to-meet-with-putin-in-july-report

[timosman]

Any collusion?:cool:

[Swordsmyth]

Days after I discussed rumours of an imminent Trump-Putin summit (http://theduran.com/putin-trump-summit-finally-on-the-way/), seeming confirmation that such a summit is indeed in the works has been provided with the Kremlin’s confirmation that President Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton is travelling to Moscow next week apparently to discuss preparations for the summit.
The Kremlin’s confirmation of John Bolton’s visit (http://tass.com/politics/1010428) was given today by President Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov

As far as we know, such a visit is going to take place. This is all we can say for now.
Further suggestions that some sort of easing of tensions between Washington and Moscow may be in the works has been provided by confirmation that a group of US Republican Senators will shortly be visiting Moscow.
It seems that a combination of the collapse in the credibility of the Russiagate collusion allegations – which I suspect no Republican member of the House or Senate any longer believes – unease in the US at Russia’s breakthrough in hypersonic weapons technology (recently discussed by Alex Christoforou and myself in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiRFrLNdp1o&t=3s)), and the failure of the recent sanctions the US Treasury announced against Rusal, has concentrated minds in Washington, and is giving President Trump the political space he needs to push for the easing of tensions with Russia which he is known to have long favoured.
One important European capital cannot conceal its dismay.
In a recent article for Consortium News I discussed the obsessive quality of the British establishment’s paranoia about Russia (https://consortiumnews.com/2018/06/15/letter-from-britain-an-establishment-blinded-by-russophobia/), and not surprisingly in light of it an article has appeared today in The Times of London which made clear the British government’s alarm as the prospect of a Trump-Putin summit looms.
As is often the way with articles in The Times of London, this article has now been “updated” beyond recognition. However it still contains comments like these

Mr Trump called for Russia to be readmitted to the G8 this month, wrecking Mrs May’s efforts to further isolate Mr Putin after the Salisbury poisonings. Mr Trump then linked US funding of Nato to the trade dispute with the EU, singling out Germany for special criticism.
The prospect of a meeting between Mr Trump and Mr Putin appalls British officials. “It’s unclear if this meeting is after or before Nato and the UK visit,” a Whitehall official said. “Obviously after would be better for us. It adds another dynamic to an already colourful week.”….
A senior western diplomatic source said that a Trump-Putin meeting before the Nato summit would cause “dismay and alarm”, adding: “It would be a highly negative thing to do.”
Nato is due to discuss an escalation of measures to deter Russian aggression. “Everyone is perturbed by what is going on and is fearing for the future of the alliance,” a Whitehall source said.
I will here express my view that the Russiagate scandal was at least in part an attempt by some people in Britain to prevent a rapprochement between the US and Russia once it became clear that achieving such a rapprochement was a policy priority for Donald Trump.

More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-21/britain-panic-trump-putin-summit-looms