US EditionTrump Doesn't Have a Single Russia Expert Before Meeting with Putin
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US President Donald Trump will likely have to rely on instinct during his summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska. According to the Financial Times (FT), he does not have a single adviser on Russia because at the beginning of his second term, he prioritized loyalty over experience and appointed "his people" to the positions of advisors, who, however, had practically no foreign policy experience up to that point.
And it's a desired result, since he fired most of them.
The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), a union representing American diplomats, estimates that about 25 percent of the U.S. Foreign Service, the diplomatic corps under the State Department, has left its job since January. According to the Financial Times, the cuts have led to the loss of 1,300 people at the State Department, including experts on Russia and Ukraine. What we know about the Trump-Putin summit. In May, the Trump administra…
In 2018, when Donald Trump supported a joint press conference with Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki summit, things took such a bad turn that his main adviser to Russia's issues, Fiona Hill, said he was planning to get involved.
US President Donald Trump's administration's sweeping cuts have led to the departure of people familiar with Russia. The White House chief of staff will head to his meeting with Vladimir Putin without the appropriate experts, analysts warn. They note that Trump is known for his lack of preparation, and they fear that the experienced Kremlin ruler will take advantage of this.
Trump doesn't have a single decision-maker who knows about Russia and Ukraine and can advise him, a former American diplomat told the Financial Times. The British newspaper reports that the US president will meet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, without the support of Russia experts in the meeting room.
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