Fake news alert! The Hill and The Sunday Times publish story on Trump and Putin meeting in Iceland. The only problem? It isn’t true!
The Sunday Times of Britain published the following story regarding President Trump meeting with Vladimir Putin early in his administration….
“Donald Trump is planning to hold a summit with Vladimir Putin within weeks of becoming president — emulating Ronald Reagan’s Cold War deal-making in Reykjavik with Mikhail Gorbachev.
Trump and his team have told British officials that their first foreign trip will be a meeting with the Russian leader, with the Icelandic capital in pole position to host the superpower talks as it did three decades ago.
In a bid to reset western relations with the Kremlin, Trump will begin work on a deal limiting nuclear weapons.
Sources who have discussed the plans with officials at the Russian embassy in London say Moscow is set to agree to a summit between the two leaders.”
The only problem with the story? It’s a myth, a fable, a lie. FAKE NEWS! The Hill repeated the fake news, which it appears they edited. Trump’s Press Secretary corrected the record in the following tweet, declaring the report “100% false.”
Trump to meet Putin in first foreign trip as president: reporthttps://t.co/CXXqKcLMqW pic.twitter.com/vClZa5LfiL
— The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2017
not true – report is 100% false #facts https://t.co/nDSqknFD3R
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) January 15, 2017
The @RussianEmbassy in London on reports about Trump-Putin meeting plans: "This is rubbish, an attempt to undermine Donald Trump presidency"
— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) January 15, 2017
