During a phone call last month congratulating Vladimir Putin on his reelection, President Trump went so far as to float the idea the Russian president visit the White House for talks. That piece of information about Trump’s March 20th call that was made over the strenuous objections of his advisers had not previously been reported before a Russian official disclosed it to reporters in Moscow. “When our presidents spoke on the phone, it was Trump who proposed holding the first meeting in Washington, in the White House,” Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov said. “If everything will be all right, I hope that the Americans will not back away from their own proposal to discuss the possibility of holding a summit.” The White House confirmed there was a discussion over setting up a meeting, but did not comment on whether it would be held at the White House. Putin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, however, said Ushakov’s account of the conversation was inaccurate.
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