Michael McFaul on Trump-Putin Meeting: ‘The Memes About This Summit Are Vicious Towards the President’

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MCFAUL: “That’s exactly right. And I think in a panic, he knew that he had to get into this framing game. He needed that meeting. I think it’s very smart, by the way, that he includes European leaders on these calls. Right. So it’s not just him versus Trump. It’s him, our allies and Trump. And I’m glad he’s going to be in Washington on Monday to get his shot at reframing. I’m I know from the reactions of Ukrainian colleagues over the last 24 hours, they’re all in shock. The memes about this summit are vicious towards the president. But Zelenskyy has no choice, he can’t just post memes and make fun of the president. He’s a desperate leader that needs the president still to be engaged.”