Trump and Putin held a second undisclosed meeting at the G20 summit
19 July 2017 |
5:10 am
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a second, previously undisclosed conversation during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official confirms.
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