Trump Isn’t Seeking Putin Meeting Before Election, Adviser Says

Trump and Putin during a news conference in Helsinki in 2018. 

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President Donald Trump doesn’t plan to meet Vladimir Putin in the U.S. before November’s election, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said, playing down a report that Trump is looking to organize a face-to-face summit with Russia’s president.

“We’re not having a summit with Vladimir Putin before the election,” O’Brien said on NBC’s “Meet the Press’ on Sunday.