Sir — Despite US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin denying collusion and meddling in the 2016 elections in the United States, Democrats and Republicans alike have been outraged by the capitulation of President Trump by backing Putin and discarding his own intelligence agency in a joint Press conference.
Newspapers even went to the extent of calling Trump as Putin’s poodle and accused him of treason. Nothing in the utterances at the Press briefing dispels the common belief that Trump is beholden to Putin. As in the case of his meeting with Kim Jong-un on June 12, where the North Korean leader had the last laugh, Putin is the victor of this summit .