Dan Coats actually said...

I don't know what happened in that meeting. I think as time goes by, 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 you'd asked me how that ought to be conducted, I would have suggested a different way, but that's not my role. That's not my job. So, it is what it is.

Context

Dan Coats expresses uncertainty about the discussions between President Trump and Putin, indicating that he would have preferred a different approach.

07/19/2018

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