Meeting Putin was better than NATO summit: United States President Donald Trump

Washington, July 18: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was even better than the annual NATO summit in Brussels, at which he demanded a greater contribution to defense funding by America’s allies. “While I had a great meeting with NATO, raising vast amounts of money, I had an even better meeting with Vladimir Putin of Russia,” Trump said on his Twitter account. “Sadly, it is not being reported that way - the Fake News is going Crazy!” he added with his usual disparaging reference to media that crtiicize his government. The president’s tweets came after receiving massive criticism in the United States, even from his own Republican Party, for his questionable meeting with Putin this Monday in Helsinki. (IANS)