As the quest to unearth just what Trump told Lavrov continues, an unexpected development emerged moments ago when none other than Russian president Vladimir Putin said that Trump did not pass any secrets to foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, and that he was willing to give a transcript of the talks between Putin and Lavrov to Congress if the US requests it, the Russian president said during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
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While initially Reuters reported that Putin was ready to give a recording, a subsequent clarification by Reuters noted that a “Kremlin aide says Putin prepared to provide transcript, not audio recording, of Trump and Lavrov meeting”
The reason for Putin’s generous offer: the Russian president believes that reports about Trump allegedly revealing security secrets to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have become “political schizophrenia” and that Russia highly appreciates results of Trump-Lavrov talks.
Some other headlines from Reuters:
- PUTIN: RUSSIA READY TO GIVE RECORDING OF TALKS IF U.S. AGREES
Putin also said that Lavrov did not share any secrets with either him or the secret service:
- PUTIN: LAVROV DIDN’T SHARE SECRETS WITH ME NOR SECRET SERVICE
… And concluded that the US is losing its mind over Russia:
- PUTIN: POLITICAL SCHIZOPHRENIA IS DEVELOPING IN U.S OVER RUSSIA
As soon as more information is available, we will update this report of what is emerging as some pretty impressive trolling of the US by the Russian president.
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