Trump said that the accusations about Russian meddling were getting in the way of his ability to work with the Kremlin on a range of international challenges.
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Date: February 18, 2018 12:03PM
He said that the accusations about Russian meddling were getting in the way of his ability to work with the Kremlin on a range of international challenges.
“If we can save many, many, many lives by making a deal with Russia having to do with Syria, and then ultimately getting Syria solved and getting Ukraine solved and doing other things, having a good relationship with Russia’s a great, great thing. And this artificial Democratic hit job gets in the way,” he says, adding that, “people will die because of it.”
Television pictures from Danang Saturday showed Putin and Trump chatting, apparently amicably, as they walked to the position where the traditional APEC summit photo was being taken at a viewpoint looking over the South China Sea.
Earlier pictures from the meeting show Trump walking up to Putin as he sits at the summit table and patting him on the back. The two lean in to speak to each other and clasp each other briefly as they exchange a few words.