President Donald Trump, the billionaire whose love before he moved into the White House was business in America, notes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is bringing a contingent of business people with him to the summit in Alaska.
And he likes that.
But he also says there will be no business connections between the U.S. and Russia until the killing in its war with Ukraine ends.
Trump told reporters in advance of the summit that Putin wants in on the U.S. economy, but that is dependent on the peace progress the two powers make.
The Washington Examiner cited Trump’s comments: “I noticed he’s bringing a lot of business people from Russia, and that’s good. I like that because they want to do business, but they’re not doing business until we get the war settled.”
The report said the Kremlin’s summit team includes Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Andrei Belousov, the former economic development minister, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and presidential aide and former Ambassador to the United States Yuri Ushakov.
Trump explained he would discuss business options “if things go well,” the report said.
“If we make progress, I’d like to discuss it because that’s one of the things that they would like. They’d like to get a piece of what I’ve built in terms of the economy.”
Joining Trump in representing the United States are Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick; CIA Director John Ratcliffe; special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff; White House chief of staff Susie Wiles; deputy chiefs of staff James Blair, Beau Harrison, Nick Luna, and Dan Scavino; White House communications director Steven Cheung; deputy national security adviser Robert Gabriel; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt; White House staff secretary Will Scharf; White House director of speechwriting Ross Worthington; and chief of protocol Monica Crowley, the report listed.
Trump also noted the downside: that if there’s not progress, the “very severe” economic consequences for Russia.
As of Friday afternoon, the two leaders and their staffs are meeting face-to-face in Anchorage.
Click this link for the original source of this article.
Author: Bob Unruh
This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://www.wnd.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the public RSS feed offered by the host site and is used for educational purposes only. If you are the author or represent the host site and would like this content removed now and in the future, please contact USSANews.com using the email address in the Contact page found in the website menu.
