Trump-Putin reached out and touched each other

Danang, 'The Nam' -- President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin reached out and touched each other at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit dinner in Vietnam on Friday. 

The White House previously said that there would be no formal meeting, but this was a 'nice' meeting with smiles abound. Photos were taken as they stood next to each other and then they sat at different parts of the table.

The reason that no formal meetings were planned was due to scheduling conflicts for both leaders.

"In terms of a scheduled, formal meeting, there's not one on the calendar and we don't anticipate that there will be one," White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters just before landing in Danang.

This is President Trump's fourth leg of his 12-day tour of Asia.

I suspect Danang has changed quite a bit since I visited back in 1967.



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