Just 1 Memo Allegedly Derailed Trump And Putin's Renewed Efforts For Another Summit

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/69048cd1230000bb88be1fc3.jpeg?cache=gw51DNNyOP&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin" data-caption="Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="AP" />Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="news/vladimir-putin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vladimir Putin’s</a> latest efforts to have another face-to-face fell flat after <a href="news/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Russia</a> sent a very telling memo to the <a href="news/us-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">US</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d6655fb1-31af-4da8-85f7-085a8fc00969" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">According to the Financial Times</a>, the States cancelled the Budapest summit after Moscow made it clear it was still not willing to bend over its hardline stance with the Ukraine war.</p><p>Trump has been trying to force Putin to the negotiating table since he returned to office in January, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-accuses-putin-of-dragging-his-feet-over-ukraine-peace-deal_uk_67e3ac60e4b027a18a22cf5f">but the Russian president has been dragging his feet.</a></p><p>The two leaders were meant to be meeting in Europe this month but it seems the US administration was so unimpressed with Russia’s ongoing refusal to compromise that<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnve5532v7yo" target="_blank