I don't know what happened in that meeting. I think as time goes by and the president has already mentioned some things that happened in that meeting, I think we will learn more. But that is the president's prerogative. If he had asked me how that ought to be conducted, I would have suggested a different way.
Dan Coats expressed uncertainty about the details of the meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin, indicating he would have preferred a different approach.
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