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Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic:
High Stakes Summit and Trump’s DC Takeover
All eyes are on Anchorage, Alaska as President Trump hosts his first one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin since returning to the White House. The high stakes summit comes after Trump threatened Russia with “very severe consequences” if a ceasefire deal in Ukraine is not reached.
Meanwhile, residents in the nation’s capital are protesting the Trump Administration's unprecedented deployment of National Guard troops to take over Washington, D.C’s police department - even as violent crime rates hit a 30 year low.
Joining editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more:
- David Ignatius, Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Washington Post
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs, White House Correspondent, The New York Times
- Scott MacFarlane, Justice Correspondent, CBS News
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