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For Trump and Putin, handshakes on a red carpet and a joint limo ride, then an abrupt ending (apnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by zero@fek.xyz to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — First came the red carpet, then the warm handshakes, friendly smiles and military planes flying overhead.

Finally, President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin climbed into the back seat of Trump’s presidential limousine, casually chatting like reunited friends as they were whisked away to talks about the future of the Russia-Ukraine war.

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[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I heard that standard diplomatic protocol is the longest serving diplomat speaks first.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If I'm not mistaken, Trump has been talking first when meeting with European leaders, who definitely have been in office longer.

[–] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

but europe is composed of a bunch of natostans. they're not really sovereign nations.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

This was a powerful illustration of this fact.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Hmmm, interesting