significant if this candidate is someone who actually ended up winning and is in congress. there is no information so far that suggests that s the case. yeah. and despite all of this and democrats calling for the president to call off this meeting with president putin on monday, the finnish government says not only is it on but a bilateral news conference after the fact on monday. was this expected overall? do you think, gabby, this was going to happen come hell or high water? reporter: yeah. i think president trump was always intent on meeting with vladimir putin. the biggest question now, how the meeting goes and whether he holds putin accountable for russian election meddling. they met on the sidelines of an international summit, trump said, putin did not meddle and you can only ask oh many times. the big question, whether he ll ask again in the meeting on monday and if he gets a different answer, even the same answer, how president trump will
jonathan swan from axios. mr. president, two questions if i may. the first one, now your british trip is coming to a close, could you tell us the three or four things you hope to achieve in your meeting with vladimir putin and if second question, what s the benefit to america of having tens of thousands of american troops stationed in europe? thank you. so i ll be meeting with president putin on monday. we go into the meeting with a tremendous meeting that we had with nato. most of you have reported it correctly. it was testy at the beginning but at the end everybody agreed to come together and do what they should do and what they ve committed to do which you fully adhered to. you didn t have a problem but some people did and we left that meeting i think probably more unified and wealthier as a group than ever before so we go in
president downplaying his upcoming summit, vladimir putin saying it will be a loose meeting. let s discuss, cnn global affairs susan glasser is here. and cnn national security analyst, these hasteve hall. retired chief of russian operations. susan, he s the president, what do you have to say about his upcoming meeting with vladimir putin, watch this. meeting with president putin on monday. i think we go into that meeting not looking for so much. we want to fine out about syria, we will of course ask the favorite question about meddling. i will be asking that question again. he may deny it. all i can do is say, did you, and don t do it again. of course the big question is, why is president trump so
the first one now your british trip is coming to a close. could you tell us the three or four things you hope to achieve in your meeting with vladimir putin? and the second question what is the benefit to america of having tens of thousands of american troops stationed in europe? thank you. president trump: i ll be meeting with president putin on monday. we go into the meeting with a tremendous meeting that we had with nato. most of you have reported it correctly. it was certainly testy at the beginning but at the end everybody came together and agreed to do what they should do and what they have committed to do, which you fully adhered to. you didn t have a problem. some people did. we left that meeting i think probably more unified and wealthier as a group than ever before. so we go in strong. we ll be talking to president putin about a number of things. ukraine.
she should negotiate. and she didn t follow those views. would i say she probably went the opposite way. today the president walked that back, saying the u. kr can do what it wants on brexit and hopes they can put together a trade deal. when i saw her, i said i want to apologize. i said such good things about you. she said don t worry, it s only the press. president trump raised eyebrows in britain and europe at large with the pointed assessment of the impact of immigration. president trump: i think the immigration allowing the immigration to take place in europe is a shape. i think it shame. this afternoon the president doubled down, saying uncheckled immigration has been bad for europe. president trump: i think they better watch themselves. you are changing culture, are you changing a lot of things, you are changing security. you take a look at what s happening to different countries that never had difficulty or problems. it s a very sad situation. monday s summit wit