Karoline Leavitt: “This meeting came about because the president of Russia…”

“And whose decision was it to not invite him? Was it the president or was it President Putin? Ms. Well, This meeting came about because the president of Russia asked the president of the United States to meet through his special envoy, Steve Witkoff. who, as you all know, traveled to Russia to have a conversation with Putin at his request. And so the president is agreeing to this meeting at the request of President Putin.” (10:03–10:11)

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