Peter Doran, a Russian program fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Newsmax on Friday that he suspects President Donald Trump didn’t get all he wanted from a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.
Trump and Putin appeared together to make statements following their nearly three-hour private meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Doran noted that Trump’s statement was unusually short, even though the president said the meeting was “extremely productive.”
“He did not have a lot to say,” Doran told “Rob Schmitt Tonight” and guest host Ed Henry. “He was not vibing with the journalists [and] taking questions. And so, I think that gives us an indication he didn’t get what he wanted out of today’s discussion with Putin.”
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