President Donald Trump said at a White House press conference on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s presence at the upcoming G20 summit in Miami “would be very helpful,” although he also said he had not actually invited Putin.
“I doubt he would come,” Trump told reporters. “But if he came, it would be very helpful.”
Trump mused that Putin was “very offended” when he was ejected from the Group of Eight (G8) in 2014 due to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
“I’d venture to say you probably wouldn’t be having these problems if you didn’t throw him out. I’m of the opinion that you talk to everybody,” Trump said.
Russia is still technically a member of the G20, but has not attended a summit since the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic in 2019, and was further ostracized after invading Ukraine in 2022.
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