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Fresh off a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that saw history-making images plastered on screens around the globe, President Trump is zeroing on another headline-making summit — one with Russian President Vladimir Putin. National security advisor John Bolton is heading to Moscow next week to discuss a potential meeting between the two leaders. A summit could provide the opportunity to push Putin on his misdeeds: the invasion of Ukraine, support for the Syrian regime, the poisoning of an ex-spy in England and interference in U.S. and other Western elections. “There’s no point in having a summit unless you’re going to stand up to Putin,” said Nile Gardiner, director of the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. But it’s not clear Trump is looking for a confrontational summit with the Russian leader. Trump has frequently talked of how it would be a good thing if he could improve relations with Russia, despite all the difficulties Moscow has caused previous administrations. It’s been a source of frustration to some Republicans, including Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). After Trump congratulated Putin on his reelection win in March, McCain and other GOP senators unleashed on the president. “An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections,” McCain said. Trump and Putin have met in person twice since Trump office, once on the sidelines of the G-20 and again on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Now, a Trump-Putin summit is reportedly being eyed for mid-July when Trump is traveling to Europe for a NATO summit and a visit to the United Kingdom. Trump first floated the idea for a summit with Putin during that phone call, and also suggested the former KGB spy visit the White House. In defending the call, Trump said he and Putin would meet to discuss the “arms race.” “I suspect that we’ll probably be meeting in the not-too-distant future to discuss the arms race, which is getting out of control,” Trump told reporters in March. “But we will never allow anybody to have anything even close to what we have.” (Read more)
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