President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, ladies and gentlemen,
The talks with President of the United States Donald Trump were held in a candid and business-like atmosphere. I think they were quite successful and beneficial.
We reviewed the current state and prospects of Russia-US relations and key international issues. It is obvious to everyone that our bilateral relations are undergoing a complicated period but
there is no objective reason for these difficulties and the current tense atmosphere.
The Cold War ended long ago, the era of acute ideological confrontation belongs to the distant past, and the situation in the world has fundamentally changed.Today both Russia and the United States are facing completely different challenges - the mechanisms of international security and stability are dangerously out of balance, there are regional crises, the spread of the threat of terrorism and cross border crime, crime in general, growing world economic problems, environmental and other risks.
It is possible to cope with all this only by working together. I hope we will come to this same understanding with our American partners.
Today's talks reflected the shared desire of President Trump and myself to correct the negative situation in bilateral relations and map out initial steps to improve them, restore an acceptable level of trust and return to the former level of cooperation on all issues of mutual interest. As a major nuclear power, we have special responsibility when it comes to international security. I consider it important, as we discussed, to get the dialogue on strategic stability and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction on track. We made a note with a number of concrete proposals on this matter available to our American colleagues.
Comment: It seems that Tucker Carlson is one of the few sane voices left in the American media, so it's nice to see a rational, if brief, discussion with Trump on these issues. It's also interesting that both Trump and Putin gave interviews to Fox News after their meeting in Helsinki. Even that media outlet, however, is permitting crazies to bash the two leaders for not toeing the globalist line.
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