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Trump's foreign policy adviser will talk about his foreign policy – just not today
Source: The Guardian
Trump's foreign policy adviser will talk about his foreign policy – just not today
Shaun Walker in Moscow
Thursday 7 July 2016 23.04 BST
An event in Moscow promised to be a rare opportunity to get inside Donald Trump’s foreign policy thinking, as one of his advisers arrived in Russia to give a speech on the grand-sounding topic of the “future of the world economy”.
In the end, however, Carter Page offered little except confusion and the occasional snigger, during a rambling presentation and an evasive question-and-answer session.
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Would he advise Donald Trump to remove sanctions on Russia? “I’m not here at all talking about my work outside of my academic endeavours. It’s not appropriate time to speak about that.” How could relations between Russia and the west be improved? “There’s a time and a place to have all discussions, today is not the time and place.”
The question and answer portion of the event at times descended into farce, as he even refused to answer the question on whether he was a “good person”, saying “I don’t really have any comments on that at this stage”.
Page has previously been quoted as an outspoken supporter of Putin and critic of western pressure on Russia. His visit is the latest chapter in a strange bromance between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Shaun Walker in Moscow
Thursday 7 July 2016 23.04 BST
An event in Moscow promised to be a rare opportunity to get inside Donald Trump’s foreign policy thinking, as one of his advisers arrived in Russia to give a speech on the grand-sounding topic of the “future of the world economy”.
In the end, however, Carter Page offered little except confusion and the occasional snigger, during a rambling presentation and an evasive question-and-answer session.
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Would he advise Donald Trump to remove sanctions on Russia? “I’m not here at all talking about my work outside of my academic endeavours. It’s not appropriate time to speak about that.” How could relations between Russia and the west be improved? “There’s a time and a place to have all discussions, today is not the time and place.”
The question and answer portion of the event at times descended into farce, as he even refused to answer the question on whether he was a “good person”, saying “I don’t really have any comments on that at this stage”.
Page has previously been quoted as an outspoken supporter of Putin and critic of western pressure on Russia. His visit is the latest chapter in a strange bromance between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/07/carter-page-donald-trump-foreign-policy-advisor-russia