OrangeVerse XXXIV: Supposably

Yes, I know it's not supposedly not supposably, but since I'm quoting the president, well, you know. And supposably, here's what happened when presidents Trump and Putin had their private meeting at  #HELLinHELSINKI2018.

 Supposably I

We made significant
progress towards addressing
some of the worst conflicts on Earth. 
So when I met
President Putin for
about two and a half hours
we talked about numerous things.
And among those things
are the problems that you see in the
Middle East where they are
very much involved
we're very much involved.

Supposably II 

 I entered the negotiations

with President Putin from a position

of tremendous strength.

Our economy is booming. And our military 
is being funded $700 billion this year

$716 billion next year.

It will be more powerful as a military 
than we've ever had before.

Supposably III

President Putin and I addressed

the range of issues starting with 
the civil war in Syria... 

We also spoke of Iran...

As most of you know

we ended the Iran deal

which was one of the worst deals

anyone could imagine and

that's had a major impact on Iran

and it's substantially weakened Iran

and we hope that at some point Iran

will call us and we'll maybe make a 
new deal or maybe we won't.

But Iran is not the same country

that it was five months ago

that I can tell you...

They've got some big problems
 that they can solve probably 
much easier if  they deal with us
so we'll see what happens

but we did discuss Iran.

 Supposably IV

We discussed Israel

and the security of Israel

and President Putin is very

much involved with us

in a discussion with Bibi...

A major topic of discussion was

North Korea and the need

for it to remove its nuclear weapons.

President Putin agrees with me 100 percent...

Discussions are ongoing

and they're going very very well.

We have no rush for speed...

We have no time limit.

We have no speed limit

We have -- we're just

going through the process.

But the relationships are very good.

President Putin is going 
to be involved in the sense that he is with us. 

He would like to see that happen.

Supposably V

Perhaps the most important issue

we discussed at our meeting...

was the reduction of nuclear weapons

throughout the world. 

The United States and Russia

have 90 percent as I said

and we could have a big impact. 

But nuclear weapons is I think,

the greatest threat of

our world today. 

And they're a great nuclear power.

We're a great nuclear power.

We have to do something

about nuclear.

And so that was a matter that we discussed

actually in great detail and

President Putin agrees with me.

Supposably VI

The matters we discussed are profound

in their importance and have

the potential to save millions of lives.

I understand the many disagreements

between our countries but I also

understand the dialogue - 

and when you think about it -

dialogue with Russia or dialogue

with other countries.

So if we get along with them, great.

If we don't get along with them

then, well, we won't get along with them...

Supposably VII

I thought that the meeting I had
with President Putin was really
strong. I think that they are willing 
to do things that frankly I wasn't sure
whether or not they would be willing to do 
and we'll be having future meetings
and we'll see whether or not
that comes to fruition
But 
we
 had
a
very
very 
good
meeting