Let’s be honest, the Democrats would have considered anything short of President Trump physically assaulting Russian president Putin as a disastrous presidential performance in Friday’s meeting between the two leaders.
President Trump did not punch out the Russian leader nor did he twist Putin’s are behind his back until the Russian admitted the election interference and cried uncle. However he did press him on Russian interference in the 2016 American election, and was supposed to be a 30-45 minute meeting lasted 135 minutes. the meeting ran so long that at one point First Lady Melania Trump poked her head into the meeting to try to get her husband back on his schedule. Per Secretary of State Tillerson, It didn’t work; the meeting continued for another hour.
The first encounter between the new US President and the Russian leader seemed to be a success; it resulted in a path forward in Syria, steps…
