He talked with the Russian president "about 15 minutes, mostly in a joking manner". They discussed "the issue of foster children," Trump explained in an interview with The New York Times.

According to him, it was an informal meeting at a dinner in Hamburg. His wife Melania sat at a dinner next to the president of Russia on the opposite side of the table. During the dessert, I went to just say "hello" to Melania and, while there, greeted Putin.

In fact, it was a chat in a playful manner. It was a short talk, we just talked about everything. In general, it was very interesting, we talked about adoption, "the American president said, calling it" curious "that the issue of adoption surfaced, as" his son, Donald said that this was the topic of his meeting with several Russians who have connections with the Kremlin In the course of last year's campaign ".

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the media disseminated information about the second, informal meeting between Putin and Trump during the G20 summit in Hamburg, which was not previously known.

In the White House, the press information about the secret meeting of the leaders of Russia and the USA was called absurd and the continuation of anti-Russian hysteria.