A defensive Trump snapped at a reporter on Air Force One and insisted he was not “disappointed” at Vladimir Putin snubbing peace talks in Turkey, declaring that “nothing is going to happen” until the two tough guy leaders get together.
The Russian strongman played Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by teasing until the very last minute that he might join the summit in Istanbul. But Zelensky and Trump’s U.S. delegation were left high and dry when the Kremlin leader failed to show.
Instead, he sent a crack squad of low-level cronies the jilted Ukrainian leader dubbed “phony.” Vladimir Medinsky, a Putin aide and former culture minister, headed the uninspiring Russian delegation. Medinsky brings “nothing” to the table, one anonymous Ukrainian official told The Washington Post.Igor Kostyukov, the head of Russian military intelligence,was also there. The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was not.
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