Trump met with Putin for the first time.
- The meeting was scheduled for 30 minutes but lasted over two hours. Trump and Putin spoke about allegations that Russia hacked the US election, Syria, Ukraine, and North Korea. [Link]
- Tillerson and Russia’s Foreign Minister gave somewhat different statements on the conversation on Russian hacking. Tillerson suggested that the side agreed they needed to move past the issue, while Russia’s Foreign Minister said Trump accepted Putin’s assurances that Russia did not hack the US election. [Link]
- The talks between Trump and Putin led a to a cease-fire agreement for Southwest Syria. [Link]
- After the talks, Trump said he had very, very good talks with Putin. [Link]