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Andrew Roth in Washington

Trump alone in a room with Putin is a recipe for disaster – just look to their last meeting

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on 16 July 2018. Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP

The lessons of Helsinki are clear: putting Donald Trump alone in a room with Vladimir Putin is an unpredictable – and often dangerous – affair.

It was 2018 when the two leaders met at the invitation of Sauli Niinistö, the Finnish president, to discuss a collapse in US-Russia relations, accusations of elections interference, and the grinding war in east Ukraine, among other topics.

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