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President Trump is ready for another meeting with Russian President Putin. Because the backlash from the first one apparently wasn't enough.

Hi, can you back up a little?

Earlier this week, Trump and Putin met up in Helsinki for a little face-to-face action. And Trump wouldn't flat-out say that Russia attacked the 2016 election. And said Putin denied it 'like a boss.' He also said there was blame on both countries for the frosty relationship. Cue: lawmakers, intelligence officers, and people on the street saying 'this mother.' So, he backtracked. And backtracked again.

Got it. Then what?

Then lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said 'this is pretty bad, we should prob do some damage control.' So Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on Congress to respond by coming up with more sanctions against Russia. And some Dems asked to see the receipts - aka chat with a translator who was at the behind-closed-doors meeting to find out what really went down. There's also a bipartisan effort to publicly back the intelligence community. TBD if any of this happens. Because, Congress.

Where's Putin in all of this?

Keeping that denial game strong. His gov also mentioned that it wants to interrogate some Americans - like the former ambassador to Russia - that it claims were involved in "illegal activities." In exchange, Russia would extradite those 12 Russian agents who were indicted for hacking the DNC in 2016. At first, the White House said 'we'll get back to you on this,' but then turned down the offer.

Ok...give it to me straight.

Russia attacked the 2016 election. US intelligence agencies agree. There's a report that Trump knew about the meddling since last January. Yesterday, the homeland security sec said 'let's be ready for more.'

What's the point of another meeting?

First off, DC in the fall. Enough said. But mostly because Trump says he wants to "start implementing" issues the two came up with earlier this week. He thought that meeting went really well...despite the "enemy of the people" - aka the media - giving the summit a bad rap.

Anything else?

Here are a few more things Trump isn't thrilled about: the Fed raising interest rates, the EU fining Google, and prob that new tax probe.

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