larry johnson has some things to say about the putin/trump meet;

I suppose because it is August, with most pundits and all of Europe on vacation, that the thirst for a story is making the upcoming summit between Putin and Trump the current center of the universe. My previous two posts on this meeting have belabored all of the key points and dynamics that will likely affect the outcome of the meeting. I described it on the podcast with Danny Haiphong and Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson as the expectations surrounding an arranged marriage: a groom is told he’s going to marry the most beautiful woman in the world, but when he gets the first glimpse at his new bride, it is Jabba the Hutt wearing a wedding gown.

Good-bye romance. One important point that I neglected to address in my previous posts on this issue is the fact that Putin and Trump have met at least three times previously, and those meetings were friendly and relaxed. I’ve spoken to a couple of people who have had private meetings with Trump and, according to them, Trump is a completely different person in a private setting. He is terribly insecure and he wants desperately to be liked. Accordingly, he does not engage in the bullying and insults that are part of his public persona. This may be one reason that Vladimir Putin wants to talk to Donald Trump face-to-face.............more.........