Trump gives no indication he'll bring up election meddling with Putin
There was big news on Russia's 2016 election meddling late last week, when Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents in connection with hacking Democratic emails. But that's apparently not on the agenda for President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland today.
The two leaders will be having "discussions on everything from trade to military to missiles to nuclear to China," Trump spelled out in a pre-summit press conference alongside Putin. The talks will help the two countries form an "extraordinary relationship," Trump promised.
But that "everything" doesn't necessarily seem to include the Justice Department's Friday indictment of Russian agents who allegedly hacked the emails of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton. While Trump said before Friday's indictment that he'd "absolutely" ask Putin about Russia's election meddling, Trump has since barely acknowledged the new charges, which mark a big step in laying out the details of Russian interference in the 2016 election. His Twitter feed simply blamed America for worsening U.S.-Russia relations, and faulted former President Barack Obama for the hacking.
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