Russian Ambassador Boasts of “Verbal Agreements” Privately Made Between Trump and Putin

It seems like the Russians have all the answers. Maybe they could share some with the United States, since they’re now running the show.

To be clear, there’s no way to really know what was discussed during the private chat between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before their “summit” they closed themselves away for over two hours, with no policy aides or note takers. There were only translators, and they’re not talking.

Russia’s ambassador to the United States, however, is speaking as if there were sweetheart deals put in place, signed, sealed, and delivered on a silver platter by President Trump.

Russian envoy Anatoly Antonov listed cooperation in Syria and arms control as two issues the world leaders had agreed on, according to The Washington Post.

But the Post reported that the highest-level Trump administration officials still do not know what Trump promised Putin during their one-on-one meeting, which lasted more than two hours.

Because it’s all about pleasing Trump’s master, Vladimir Putin, and paying off whatever debts hang over his head. That puts U.S. officials on a “need to know” basis, and if the kompromat Putin has on Trump is as bad as some suspect, he definitely doesn’t want anyone to know.

So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki. Putin and I discussed many important subjects at our earlier meeting. We got along well which truly bothered many haters who wanted to see a boxing match. Big results will come!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2018

So Antonov says they were discussing Syria and arms control. Those are perfectly acceptable topics. The question then becomes: Why did they need to talk about these subjects behind closed doors, with no aides and no note takers? Why was there such a cloud of secrecy over what are rational, reasonable topics that both nations have an interest in? Having policy aides, note takers, and other diplomats present would actually have been optimal, but that didn’t happen.

Neither White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders or State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert could provide much detail on what was discussed.

That’s because they didn’t know. They were given vague talking points to spew and that was it. Otherwise, they were just as far in the dark.

Nauert said the State Department is assessing “three takeaways,” which include a working group of American and Russian business leaders, an expert council with thought leaders from both countries, and follow-up meetings with Russian national security council staff.

“These are certainly all modest proposals,” Nauert said. “The president had said going into this that we wouldn’t solve all the world’s problems in one meeting.”

See? She doesn’t have a clue what they talked about.

Sanders was vague as well, telling reporters during Wednesday’s press briefing that Trump and Putin discussed “Syrian ­humanitarian aid, Iran’s nuclear ambition, Israeli security, North Korean denuclearization, Ukraine and the occupation of Crimea, reducing Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals, and of course your favorite topic, Russia’s interference in our elections.”

Let’s be clear: Sarah Huckabee Sanders isn’t there to engage the press or keep the people informed. She’s there to be the propaganda wall between the Russian outpost that currently operates from the Oval Office and the American people.

Here’s something that should chill the red, white, and blue blood of any true American patriot:

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marina Zakharova said on Wednesday that the Kremlin is already working to implement agreements from the summit, according to the Post.

“A lot of what the president of the Russian Federation talked about is now being worked through,” she said, according to the Post. “Relevant instructions are being carried out, and diplomats are beginning to work on the outcomes.”

None of that is for our good. Donald Trump sold us out. Of that, you can be sure.

Antonov on Wednesday said Moscow is “a hostage to the domestic political battle” in the U.S.

“When I return from Moscow, I will have the very clear-cut and lucid determination to go knock on every door at the State Department and the National Security Council to understand what we can do together in order to realize the agreements, the ideas, that the two presidents supported,” Antonov said.

“Even in talking with you now, I am afraid to say something positive about the American president,” he said, “because when American journalists or policymakers read my interview, they’ll say Russia is again meddling and helping Donald Trump.”

Not so fast.

Nobody is saying Russia is again meddling and helping Donald Trump.

That would require that we assume that at some point they stopped.