In Japan, Trump pushes allies on trade before meeting Putin
(WorldNews India)

OSAKA, Japan (AP) - President Trump opened his most consequential trip of the year by plunging into a series of high-stakes meetings at an international summit in Japan on Friday by pushing allies on both trade and defense spending. Trump met first with the G20 summit’s host, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He will follow that with talks with the leaders of India and Germany before holding his first meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin since the special counsel found extensive evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. “We’ll be discussing trade, we’ll be discussing military,” among other items, Trump said as he sat across from Abe for...