Karoline Leavitt Asked: How Does Trump Measure Success In Meeting With Putin?

At her press briefing, Karoline Leavitt was asked about President Trump's upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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00:00How does the president measure success coming out of this meeting?

00:04The president at times has suggested that Putin might be tapping him along.

00:09Is he prepared to walk out of this meeting if he senses that Putin is not serious about ending this war?

00:14I think I just answered that question for you and what the goal and the expectation of the meeting is.

00:19And I won't jump ahead of any hypotheticals and I'll leave it to the president to speak to all of you after the meeting,

00:24which I'm very confident he will.

00:26Is he optimistic that a deal will emerge from this meeting or is he simply going to listen?

00:31I think this is a listening exercise for the president.

00:33Look, only one party that's involved in this war is going to be present.

00:38And so this is for the president to go and to get, again,

00:41a more firm and better understanding of how we can hopefully bring this war to an end.