Trump concealed details of his talks with Russian leader

[The Barbarian]

Trump reportedly hid details of his meetings with Putin from his own administration
House Democrats are already promising to launch an investigation into Trump’s secret dealings with Russia.
President Donald Trump hid details of his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, going so far on one occasion as to seize his interpreter’s notes to prevent them from reaching the public, according to a new report published Saturday.


Washington Post reporter Greg Miller outlines how Trump went through “extraordinary lengths” to conceal the contents of his conversations with the leader of one of America’s biggest adversaries. On at least one occasion, during a meeting with Russian officials and then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Hamburg in 2017, Trump asked his linguist to not share details about what had transpired.


Even high-ranking officials within Trump’s own administration were unaware of specifics discussed between the two leaders, The Post reports. They only found out about possible subterfuge after an unnamed White House advisor and another unnamed senior State Department official specifically sought out the notes from Trump’s interpreter — but the records weren’t there:


As a result, U.S. officials said there is no detailed record, even in classified files, of Trump’s face-to-face interactions with the Russian leader at five locations over the past two years. Such a gap would be unusual in any presidency, let alone one that Russia sought to install through what U.S. intelligence agencies have described as an unprecedented campaign of election interference.
Trump reportedly hid details of his meetings with Putin from his own administration

 

[Albion]

Obama wanted to hide the details of his conversation with the Russian minister, too. Any president would. There is no reason to suppose that when a meeting takes place between our president and the representative of any foreign government, everything that was said must be made public, nor has there ever been that expectation before. It's a manufactured scandal.

 

[The Barbarian]

Obama wanted to hide the details of his conversation with the Russian minister, too.

No. That's wrong. No previous president hid such things from his own cabinet. And certainly our intelligence people were given access to the details in the past.

Such a gap would be unusual in any presidency, let alone one that Russia sought to install through what U.S. intelligence agencies have described as an unprecedented campaign of election interference.

But Trump is hiding it from everyone.

One can only speculate why.

 

[tulc]

Obama wanted to hide the details of his conversation with the Russian minister, too. Any president would. There is no reason to suppose that when a meeting takes place between our president and the representative of any foreign government, everything that was said must be made public, nor has there ever been that expectation before. It's a manufactured scandal.

I'm curious: is there a difference between "wanting to hide something" and "actually hiding something"?
tulc(asking for a friend)

 

[Gigimo]

It's a manufactured scandal.

Especially when everybody involved is an anonymous source.

 

[The Barbarian]

It's a manufactured scandal.

It would be easy to dispose of, then. Just show that the conversations were preserved and shared with his cabinet members.

How likely do you think that would be?

Right.

 

[The Barbarian]