kholood Eid/Bloomberg via Getty Images Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer broke the news about President Donald Trump's undisclosed meeting with Vladimir Putin. The White House confirmed the meeting on Tuesday evening, but downplayed its significance. Trump talks privately w Putin: ✔️Only Kremlin translator: ✔️No readout on meeting: ✔️WH confirms after news breaks: ✔️Trump: Fake News! The White House had barred the U.S. press from the May meeting with Russian officials, forcing news organizations to rely on photographs distributed by Russian news agency Tass. In other instances, the Trump White House has provided terse or vague readouts of meetings with world leaders, which offer few details about what transpires during those conversations.

Source: Huffington Post July 19, 2017 16:41 UTC