Us- Russia Summit

Administration officials had hoped that maybe, just maybe, Monday's summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin would end differently - without a freewheeling 46-minute news conference in which Trump attacked his own FBI on foreign soil and warmly praised archrival Russia.

After months of anticipation, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet Monday to put to the test the US president's ambition to forge a personal bond with the Kremlin chief.

Administration officials had hoped that maybe, just maybe, Monday's summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin would end differently - without a freewheeling 46-minute news conference in which Trump attacked his own FBI on foreign soil and warmly praised archrival Russia.

After months of anticipation, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet Monday to put to the test the US president's ambition to forge a personal bond with the Kremlin chief.