Trump Questions Putin on Election Meddling in Eagerly Awaited Encounter<br />Trump administration officials had said that Mr. Trump<br />and Mr. Putin would discuss the idea of partnering to establish "safe zones" in Syria as part of his efforts to usher in a new era of cooperation with Moscow.<br />" he said, "but phone conversations are never enough, definitely." He added: "I hope that, as you have said, our meetings will yield positive results." The two<br />also discussed the matter of Ukraine as Mr. Trump pushes forward on a new effort to get Russia to cease its interference there. that We spoke over the phone,<br />But in a sign of the challenges and tension still standing in the way of turning over a new leaf in the United States-Russia relationship, the Kremlin quickly provided an alternative account, asserting<br />that Mr. Trump had accepted Mr. Putin’s denial of the election cyber interference and even said that some in the United States were "exaggerating" Moscow’s interference without proof.<br />In a more-than-two-hour meeting that was so all-consuming<br />that even Mr. Trump’s wife Melania failed to pry the two leaders apart halfway through, Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin established "positive chemistry" and spoke about a range of issues, said Rex W. Tillerson, the secretary of state.
