Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters Friday he supports President Trump inviting Vladimir Putin to Washington, DC this fall, even as intelligence officials warn Russia's cyberattacks are ongoing and the White House has not disclosed any details as to what the two leaders discussed in private.
“Those conversations are incredibly important, we have our senior leaders meeting all across the world with people we have deep disagreements with,” Pompeo told reporters.
“It is incredibly valuable to the people of the United States of America that President Trump and President Putin continue to engage in dialogue to resolve the difficult issues that our countries face between each other,” he said.
"I think this makes enormous sense and I’m very hopeful that that meeting will take place this fall," he said.
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Some lawmakers, including several GOP senators, are pushing back against Trump holding a second meeting with Putin so soon after Monday’s summit in Helsinki, where Trump sparked backlash by appearing to side with Putin’s denial of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Pompeo 'hopeful' Trump-Putin meeting happens in DC (The Hill)