It was the most anticipated meeting of the 620 leaders at hamburg, that between President Trump and the man accused of trying to rig his election, President Putin. After an encounter lasting two hours, the trump team claimed to have secured an agreement from russia not to interfere in the American Democratic process. They cannot seem to agree on what was said. The russians claimed they had denied any such interference and donald trump had accepted that. That is not how the americans see it. Jon sopel reports from hamburg. It is hard to overstate the significance of this meeting. This handshake. Two men with Nuclear Arsenals who could blow the world to pieces. Two self proclaimed tough guys who like to win. But today at their first face to face meeting, they were the epitome of restraint and respect. Thank you very much. President putin and i have been discussing various things and i think it is going very well. We will have a talk now. Obviously, that will continue. And for his part, V
It was the most anticipated meeting of the 620 leaders at hamburg, that between President Trump and the man accused of trying to rig his election, President Putin. After an encounter lasting two hours, the trump team claimed to have secured an agreement from russia not to interfere in the American Democratic process. They cannot seem to agree on what was said. The russians claimed they had denied any such interference and donald trump had accepted that. That is not how the americans see it. Jon sopel reports from hamburg. It is hard to overstate the significance of this meeting. This handshake. Two men with Nuclear Arsenals who could blow the world to pieces. Two self proclaimed tough guys who like to win. But today at their first face to face meeting, they were the epitome of restraint and respect. Thank you very much. President putin and i have been discussing various things and i think it is going very well. We will have a talk now. Obviously, that will continue. And for his part, V
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