Tuesday 3 July 2018

Trump and Putin all alone with their interpreters

Trump has met Putin before. They already know each other. So they don't really need a tete-a-tete to get to know each other. But the summit in Helsinki on July 16 is going to be a twosome, no officials with notebooks. No special advisers to jog either president in the ribs when they say something outrageous. No spooks disguised as diplomats to watch and observe. Just two interpreters whispering behind each leader to keep the conversation flowing. Well I guess that's how super summits should be conducted. It has happened before. But this time it's Trump and Putin, each with a huge ego and a taste for the dramatic. What might Trump promise Putin? Will he come out of the summit with the words: "You can all rest easy in your beds, Russia is no longer a threat to the United States or anyone." I can just see Trump saying that. So being closeted for two or three hours with KGB Putin has its risks. Will Trump believe everything Putin says, like he believed everything Kim Jong-un said? Putin is not interested in helping the United States or Trump. He's only interested in returning Russia to being a great superpower. Russia First is his policy. Where have I heard something like that before?! The fact is both Trump and Putin have been dying to have a summit together ever since Donald J was elected president, and they don't want to spoil it by having a crowd of busybody officials surrounding them trying to tell them what to say and what not to say. So the two Big Bears will do what they do without any interference. As Trump loves to say whenever he is asked by a reporter to comment on bla bla bla, "Let's see what happens." No wonder everyone in Washington and around the allied capitals are nervous.

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