'With all this controversy that goes on in this country, the big winner is Vladimir Putin,' says former Dir. of National Intel. James Clapper. The Russians are reinforced by 'the doubt, discord, and discontent that they were able to sow' in the US, he says
During a lavish state dinner that featured crab salad, borscht and a chocolate cheesecake festooned with North Korean and Russian flags, both Putin and Kim repeated nearly note-for-note many of the platitudinous remarks they made about mutual friendship at their summit appearances.Putin's toast, however, alluded to the subtext of the summit: The ongoing and unresolved crisis over North Korea's nuclear program.North Korea's leader meets Putin.
Absent many details about the closed-door meetings, much of the coverage focused on the theatrics around the summit, including the seemingly"Game of Thrones"-themed gifts and the North Korean leader's somewhat sinister-looking choice of transport . And the fact that the summit seemed to go as planned was, well, a victory for the Kremlin.
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