NBC News reports:
President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin a second time during the G-20 summit earlier this month, a White House official confirmed to NBC News Tuesday.
Trump spoke to Putin at the end of a couples-only social dinner at the summit in Hamburg, Germany, the official said, reiterating it was a social dinner. Pull-asides are typically less formal than official bilateral meetings, which Trump and Putin also shared.
The White House did not previously disclose or offer a record of what was discussed during the meeting, which was first reported by Ian Bremmer, president of the international consulting firm Eurasia Group.
Incredible detail: Trump relied on Putin’s translator, no US note taker. Akin to Jared’s back channel via Russian facilities https://t.co/NiYAwlUbay
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 18, 2017
Trump had a secret second meeting with Putin using only Putin's translator with no other American present and it lasted an hour. Nuts.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) July 18, 2017
BREAKING: ATTENDEES AT SECRET JULY 7 MEETING
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??Putin's Translator**Violation of protocol—U.S. translator must be present.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 18, 2017
Siren: Trump was ALONE during his HOUR-LONG, undisclosed 2nd conversation with PUTIN. No one else from the USA. Only Putin's translator.
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) July 18, 2017
There is only one reason to exclude your translator when secretly talking to the leader of your nation's #1 adversary.
Treason.#TrumpPutin— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) July 18, 2017