President Trump finally sits down with President Putin Friday at the G-20 summit in Hamburg. (The Washington Post)HAMBURG — President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are holding their first sit-down meeting on Friday, and the Russians in the room have way more diplomatic experience. The meeting is small-circle — just Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, along with Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The tight arrangement — known to be favored by Putin, who likes to keep meetings intimate — cuts out the White House officials with significant government experience. Fiona Hill, Trump’s Russia adviser, wrote a biography of Putin and has spent decades researching the Kremlin.

Source: Washington Post July 07, 2017 14:34 UTC