Washington, Aug. 13 -- The White House characterized President Donald Trump's upcoming meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "listening exercise", appearing to downplay expectations for a peace deal heading into the high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.
"This is a listening exercise for the president. Look, only one party that's involved in this war is going to be present, and so this is for the president to go and to get, again, a more firm and better understanding of how we can hopefully bring this war to an end," Leavitt told reporters at the White House briefing, reports CNN.
"Sitting face to face, rather than speaking over the telephone, will give this president the best indication of how to end this war and where this is...