MARGARET TALEV: Trump and Putin are going to meet. What will they discuss?
'The president startled other Western leaders earlier this month when he said Russia should be re-admitted to the Group of Seven'
Vice President Mike Pence said he expects President Donald Trump to discuss Russian meddling in U.S. elections, the Kremlin’s military incursions into Ukraine and Syria and other touchy subjects when he meets this summer with Vladimir Putin. “There are a broad range of issues the president’s going to talk about that need to be addressed,” Pence said in an interview with Bloomberg News aboard Air Force Two on Wednesday. They include the “economic relationship with the United States and Russia and countries of the world.” Asked whether those issues would include concerns over Russian interference in U.S. elections, Pence said, “I think there will be a lot of stuff that comes up.” Pressed again, he said, “He’s discussed that with President Putin before. I would anticipate that he will discuss that with him again.” The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Moscow attempted to influence the 2016 election that Trump won. The president has shown reluctance to accept that Russia pl...
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