1 hour ago, riclag said:

Nonsense! Presidents talk in private to other diplomats and leaders of countries all the time ! The office of the POTUS is constitutionally in his rights to speak privately , confidentially and secretly, if they choose so! Maybe people from other countries aren't aware of America's laws especially on  "Executive Privilege"

Sorry, I was just reminding Trump's own nonsense (as you call it), maybe to hard to bear for sensitive Trump followers ( just as Trump said payments to Stormy Daniels which he never heard about are private matter) 

Edited January 15, 20197 yr by Opl

1 hour ago, simple1 said:

The OP Leader to leader dialogue was not a 'private conversation'.

True, but I'm sure there were private thoughts

 

1 hour ago, riclag said:

Nonsense! Presidents talk in private to other diplomats and leaders of countries all the time ! The office of the POTUS is constitutionally in his rights to speak privately , confidentially and secretly, if they choose so! Maybe people from other countries aren't aware of America's laws especially on  "Executive Privilege"

To take last things first, executive privilege has nothing to do with Trump not disclosing or sharing the substance of his conversations with Putin. It is within his rights regardless of Executive Privilege. Behaving stupidly  is also the right not just of Presidents but of every American. Not sharing with the relevant departments the substance and details of a summit meeting with an important adversarial nation is just plain stupid at best. How can they decide policy if they don't know what the President discussed and what his opposite number said? It show how bad things have gotten that stupidity is the best case that can be made for Trump's keeping the substance of his discussions secret even from relevant Cabinet officers. 

 

1 hour ago, simple1 said:

It is protocol that conversations are documented and if needs be classified, but available to appropriate members of government. trump has broken with protocol which is why this furour has erupted and potentially his interpreter/s called to testify.

1 hour ago, riclag said:

Not private conversations

False.

 

The Washington Post’s Greg Miller reported Sunday that President Donald Trump’s confiscation of the translator’s notes from a one-on-one conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2017 was “unusual.” This is incorrect. It was unprecedented.

 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/trump-putin-meeting-no-note-taker.html

Not only did Trump apparently confiscate the translator's notes, but he actually didn't bring in a 2nd note taker with him which is what is normally done. You would think that a chief executive would want detailed notes to make sure his side of what was said is recorded and also, to have detailed notes for review. Apparently if you've got a super-genius memory this is not necessary.

 

And let's not forget this 2nd meeting in Hamburg between Trump and Putin:

The July 7 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, was the single most scrutinized of the Trump presidency. But it turned out there was another encounter: a one-on-one discussion over dinner that lasted as long as an hour and relied solely on a Kremlin-provided interpreter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/world/europe/trump-putin-undisclosed-meeting.html