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[tijd.livejournal.com]

Пять необычных обстоятельств во встрече Трампа с Лавровым и Кисляком:

1. Это было единственное мероприятие во вчерашнем расписании Трампа.

2. Трамп до этого не показывался публично почти целую неделю, что для него необычно.

President Donald Trump relishes booming rallies, embraces the art of the photo op and understands the power of an image perhaps more than any occupant of the Oval Office since Ronald Reagan. But for the last five days, the once camera-happy President has been all but invisible. Trump has been airing grievances and offering commentary on Twitter -- much like he's done for years before taking office -- but his public schedule has been empty for five days and his bully pulpit has been unusually quiet so far this week.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/donald-trump-visibility/

3. За многие годы своей службы Лавров не удастаивался чести побывать в Овальном кабинете. Трамп принял его там по личной просьбе Путина.

The chummy White House visit—photos of the president yukking it up with Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak were released by the Russian Foreign Ministry since no U.S. press was allowed to cover the visit—had been one of Putin’s asks in his recent phone call with Trump, and indeed the White House acknowledged this to me later Wednesday. “He chose to receive him because Putin asked him to,” a White House spokesman said of Trump’s Lavrov meeting. “Putin did specifically ask on the call when they last talked.”
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/10/james-comey-firing-trump-lavrov-putin-215124



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