- President Donald Trump is considering second meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
- But meetings with those leaders so far have proved damaging to the US government.
- Trump appeared to take Russia's word over his own security services on whether Russia broke the law in hacking and election meddling.
- Trump has also explicitly said he believes North Korea is denuclearizing — because Kim told him so.
- Meanwhile US intelligence reports paint a different picture.
- Both meetings were panned by critics and members of Trump's own party, and have driven the intelligence community to the brink of resignation.
- Many former top intelligence officials who can't see why Trump would side so heavily against the US now openly ponder if Trump is a "controlled spy."
President Donald Trump is considering second meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, despite meager results and a furious backlash from the first time he met both men.
Neither summit has produced tangible gains for the US public, while politicians and the media have heavily criticizing the meetings.
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