Donald Trump meets Putin: Documents show the menu

The incident could also come from a mediocre political comedy: guests of a hotel in Anchorage find several pages of paper in the shelf of a printer, which obviously someone has forgotten there. These were documents, the exact information about the Ukraine summit between US President Donald Trump and give the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Radio network NPR has published photos of the documents on its website. This shows the exact schedule of the explosive meeting: the greeting starts at 11.30 a.m., the times follow for the joint press release and the adoption of Putin by Trump. It also becomes clear that a lunch was planned, which, according to media reports, ultimately failed.

Different details are interesting that allow an insight into the design of the meeting of the two heads of state. The documents show which gift Trump had for his guest: a table bust of a Weißkopfseadler, the national bird of the United States.

In addition, the menu for the planned lunch of the representatives of both countries can be found in the briefing from the protocol boss’s office. Green salad with champagne vinaigrette dressing and sourdough bread with rosemary lemon butter were intended for first gear. The main course could have chosen the participants between Filet Mignon with Brandy Pfepferkorn sauce and the Heilbutt Olympia. Butter potato puree and fried asparagus should be served as side dishes. Finally, as a dessert, crème brûlée with ice cream was on the menu. Why lunch failed has not yet been known.

Also curious: The summit participants got an agony aid for the meeting. In addition to the names and photos of all Russian representatives, the pronunciation of their names was noted. For security, also for the most high -ranking government members: Putin Name was provided with the note “Poo-Tihn”, with Foreign Minister Lawrow “Laav-Rof”.

A US government spokeswoman played the incident from ABC News. “It is ridiculous that NPR publishes a multi -page lunch menu and refers to it as a ‘security gap,” she said. Security experts, on the other hand, were concerned. The law professor Jon Michaels from Los Angeles spoke of “further evidence of the sluggishness and incompetence of this government”.

US defense minister Pete Hegseth had caused a scandal when he had shared confidential information about military operations in a signal chat group that also belonged to a journalist. Hegseth was accused so that US soldiers potentially put in danger.

Explosive information did not contain the public documents for the summit in Alaska – at most interesting insights into the processes of such events for outsiders. Nevertheless: The printer incident was certainly not planned.

Sources: News agency dpa