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18h50
President Donald Trump arrived in Finland for his closely watched summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump landed in the capital, Helsinki, Sunday night. He has not planned any public appearances until Monday, when he will visit the Presidential Palace to have breakfast with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. Trump and Putin meet later Monday at the Palace
The President arrived from Scotland, where he and his wife, Melania, spent the weekend in a golf club that he owned there. low.
Trump heads to the top The agenda is other than strengthening his personal relationships with Putin, whom he deems crucial to improving relations between Washington and Moscow.
Finland has long hosted US-Soviet and US-Russian summits because of its geographical location and perceived neutrality.
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6:10 pm
President Donald Trump says that the testimony of an FBI agent who was removed from the Russian investigation of the special advocate was " an absolute shame. "
Trump told CBS News that he watched a testimony of Peter Strzok (struhkz) in Congress while traveling in Europe. He says, "I thought it was a shame for our country."
Strzok was removed from the investigation following the discovery of anti-Trump messages last year that he exchanged with an FBI lawyer on the eve of the election. The texts have opened the Ministry of Justice to allegations of institutional bias. Strzok's vigorously defended at the hearing last week.
Trump accuses Strzok of lying and making excuses. He says that cases like Strzok hurt relations with Russia and other countries.
Trump recorded the interview Saturday in Scotland. CBS News published excerpts Sunday
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6:00 pm
President Donald Trump calls the US media "the enemy of the people" as he prepares to meet Russian Vladimir Putin, who repressed Tweeting while he was traveling to Finland for Monday 's meeting with Putin, Trump said: "No matter how good my job at the top", he will be "criticized for saying that it' s not nifty. was not good enough. "
He writes: "If I was given the big city of Moscow as punishment for all the sins and evils committed by Russia over the years, I would come back to the criticism that it was not good enough – that I should have had St. Petersburg in addition! "
Trump also writes:" A large part of our media is indeed the enemy of the people. "
Its summit with Putin is Monday.
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4:15 pm
President Donald Trump is on his way to Finland for a high-level summit with Russia's Vladimir Puti n.
Trump's plane left Glasgow, Scotland, just after 4 pm. Sunday local time for the flight of about three hours to the Finnish capital, Helsinki.
The President does not have public appearances scheduled after his arrival at night. He must meet Putin on Monday
Trump and his wife, Melania, spent the weekend at his eponymous golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, about an hour's drive from Glasgow.
The president hit both days. On Saturday, he seemed to wave to a group of people who organized a protest picnic near several holes of the course that are visible from a nearby beach.
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4 pm
President Donald Trump describes the European Union as an "enemy" in a recorded interview in Scotland.
Trump told CBS News in an interview Saturday that he thinks that the United States has "a lot of enemies," including the bloc of European nations that are among the closest allies of the states -United.
He says, "I think the European Union is an enemy, what they do to us in the trade." He adds: "You would not think of the European Union, but they are an enemy." [19659002IndiaussiaRussiaisa"certain"enemyandChinaisan"economically"IlidianofChina:"Butcanadoesn'tdecausetheyarebadCelaneveutrireirelightmeansthattheyarecompetitive"
Trump left for Helsinki on Sunday for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
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3:40 pm
A US Senator said that it is inevitable that Russia will intervene in the US elections and that there is no point in confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin to this subject
Sen. Rand Paul tells CNN's "State of the Union" that the United States should not hold Russia to account. In Paul's words – "They're another country, they're going to spy on us, they're spying on us, they're going to ingest us in our elections, we're doing the same thing too."
The Kentucky Republican says that Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential election is not "morally equivalent" to the US interference in the Russian elections. But he says, "I think that's in their mind."
Paul also says that Putin is not going to extradite the 12 Russian military intelligence officers accused of hacking democrats. So Paul says that President Donald Trump could ask the question at their summit on Monday.
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2:50 pm
National Security Advisor John Bolton says President Donald Trump has a stronger hand entering Russia's summit because of US charges against 12 service leaders Russian military intelligence related to the hacking of democratic targets in the 2016 presidential election.
Bolton told ABC "This Week" Sunday that the indictments show that Americans The justice system is aware of the Russian efforts to meddle in the US elections.
He says that Trump can now say to Russian President Vladimir Putin that "this is a serious subject we need to talk about."
Trump said that he raises the issue when he sits down with Putin in Helsinki on Monday.
Bolton also says that he finds "hard to believe" that Russian intelligence agents could conduct such an operation without Putin's knowledge.
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14:35
The Democratic Prime Minister of the US Senate Intelligence Committee says he is worried about the meeting of President Donald Trump with Russian Vladimir Putin during their summit in Finland .
U.S. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia says, "We know that Trump does not do a lot of preparation work for these meetings.
Warner notes the track record of Putin's PGB and his fears that Putin may "take advantage" of Trump at Monday's summit.
Warner says that he "would feel much better if there were other Americans in the room ensuring that we emphasize that the first and highest point of this program should not be the Russian interference in our elections.
Warner tells NBC "Meet the Press" that Trump "was completely reluctant to"
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2:20 pm
President Donald Trump's ambbadador to Moscow says that He hopes that Trump and Russian Vladimir Putin will have "a detailed discussion of areas where we might be able to find shared and shared interests."
Leaders hold a summit on Monday in Helsinki.
Ambbadador Jon Huntsman says that the two countries now have a "tense bilateral relationship." The diplomat adds that "the collective bloo The pressure between the United States and Russia is very high, so it's a good thing. is a good thing these presidents get together. "
Huntsman tells NBC" Meet the Press "that he expects both presidents to speak" "
He says," The goal here is to meet, put our cards on the table. "
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11:56
President Donald Trump says that" nothing bad … maybe good "will come out of its summit on Monday with Russian Vladimir Putin in Finland.
Trump says in a TV interview that he approaches the meeting with" low expectations. I do not leave with high expectations. "
The President also told CBS News that he" had not thought "to ask Putin to extradite the dozen Russian military policemen charged last week in Washington on charges related to to piracy, democratic goals in the 2016 US elections, but says that "certainly I will ask questions about it."
The United States does not have an extradition treaty with Moscow and can not force Russia to Russia's constitution forbids the extradition of its citizens to foreign countries.
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