Very positive things happening for russia, for the United States. And for everybody concerned. And its an honor to be with you. Thank you. Thank you. For days the headlines were all about the fact that the meeting was going to happen. Now that its over the headlines are all about the conflicting accounts of what was said in the meeting. Rex tillerson, the only u. S. Cabinet official in the meeting said that President Trump pushed putin on russias election hacks. While Sergei Lavrov putins frnlts told reporters a different story. The president opened the meeting with president putin by raising concerns of the American People regarding russian interference in the 2016 election. They had a very row bus and lengthy exchange on the subject. The president pressed president putin on more than one occasion regarding russian involvement. President putin denied such involvement. As i think he has in the past. I think what the two president s i think rightly focused on is how do we move forward .
Trump who spent most of the 169 days of his presidency under the specter of the russian role in 2016 election sitting down with Vladimir Putin. The meeting was scheduled 30 minutes and lasted more than two hours. In front of the cameras President Trump sounded upbeat. We look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for russia, for the United States. And for everybody concerned. And its an honor to be with you. Thank you. Thank you. For days the headlines were all about the fact that the meeting was going to happen. Now that its over the headlines are all about the conflicting accounts of what was said in the meeting. Rex tillerson, the only u. S. Cabinet official in the meeting said that President Trump pushed putin on russias election hacks. While Sergei Lavrov putins frnlts told reporters a different story. The president opened the meeting with president putin by raising concerns of the American People regarding russian interference in the 2016 election. They had a very ro