Putin meeting cancelled: Trump played again?

The White House has ruled out an in-person meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in the near future, following a phone call between senior US and Russian officials earlier today. To find out more, Andrew Marr spoke to Simon McDonald, the former Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service. Last Thursday it was revealed Mr Trump and Mr Putin would hold talks in Budapest regarding the war in Ukraine. A White House official said: “Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Lavrov had a productive call. "Therefore, an additional in-person meeting between the secretary and foreign minister is not necessary, and there are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future," they told NBC news. The discussion between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov comes amid ongoing diplomatic tensions over Moscow’s stance on the war in Ukraine. Another call between the two officials is expected “as soon as this week,” the official added. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #andrewmarr #russia #trump #putin #usa #ukraine #europe #politics #war #news #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK.