ADULT SUPERVISION. Trump Aides Want Kremlin Critic in Putin Meeting

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



Trump officials hope the White House will allow a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin to be included the one-on-one meeting between the two leaders on Thursday.

LACHLAN MARKAY
ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
07.05.17 7:35 AM ET

The White House’s best-known Russia hawk is already in Germany, in advance of Donald Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the G-20 summit. But whether Fiona Hill will be allowed in the room when the two presidents get together is still very much an open question.

According to two White House aides, senior Trump administration officials have pressed for Hill—the National Security Council’s senior director for Europe and Russia and the author of critical psychological biography of Putin—to be in the room during the president’s highly anticipated meeting with Putin.

If Hill is there, these officials believe, it will help the White House avoid the perception that the president is too eager to cozy up to the Kremlin. The hope is to avoid a repeat of Trump’s last meeting with top Russian officials, during which he disclosed classified intelligence to two of the country’s top diplomats—and was pictured by Russian state media looking particularly friendly with them.

"If she [Hill] wasn't there it would be pretty bad, this is the most momentous thing in her portfolio," said former Pentagon Russia policy chief Evelyn Farkas, who added that the only valid reason not to include Hill would be to make room for McMaster in a room with limited space.

Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aides-want-kremlin-critic-in-putin-meeting

[Angry Dragon]

1. picture Trump inside a marshmellow and getting lost

[Ligyron]

2. Don't lie.

It's to make sure he actually gets to the right room and doesn't wander into a broom closet.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. So they admit that McMaster allowed classified info to go to the Russians?

What makes them think Drumpf will even listen to a woman?

[bucolic_frolic]

4. My fertile intuition senses Donnie will wind up banging his shoe on the table

He's building a wall, right? That echoes the Berlin Wall and it's eventual destruction.

So why not echo Nikita Kruschev?

Do you remember Kruschev pants? Baggy, totally straight leg, and long. Fashion it was not.

[bitterross]

5. Hell No he won't let a woman in the meeting

Like that is even a question.

[trof]

6. When your 'president'* needs a minder.

In the short term, we're fucked.

[Marcuse]

7. Alaska is on the table.

BTW, I wonder if Putin hacked the ACA rollout?

[keithbvadu2]

8. The supposed free world leader needs a babysitter. Not for policy or advice but for appearance's sak

Not for policy or advice but for appearance's sake.

[Red Mountain]

9. So this one person

is all we have standing between Trump and ........what?

[Chemisse]

11. Exactly.

And what can she do really? Trump is going to utter whatever godawful bullshit he wants. This is not a man who will respond to a discreet nudge under the table or a pointed glare, especially from a woman.

The bright side is that at least we will hear about what goes on in the meeting.

[MrScorpio]

10. Window dressing? nt

[Doug the Dem]

12. Here's the Hill that I'D like to see Meeting Putin

[underpants]

13. 1. Umm the math 2. This is pathetic

1. If she is there it won't be a one-on-one

2. Sad
If Hill is there, these officials believe, it will help the White House avoid the perception that the president is too eager to cozy up to the Kremlin. The hope is to avoid a repeat of Trump’s last meeting with top Russian officials, during which he disclosed classified intelligence to two of the country’s top diplomats—and was pictured by Russian state media looking particularly friendly with

[milestogo]

14. Donnie and Putin will lock themselves in the bathroom

So they can finally be alone together.