Overview
- An administration official said Thursday that all G20 members will be invited to the Dec. 14–15 leaders’ meeting at Trump’s Doral resort in Miami, which includes Russia.
- President Trump said Putin’s attendance “would be helpful” and added that he doubts the Russian leader would come.
- Officials said formal invitations have not yet been dispatched, leaving the protocol and timing still open.
- Moscow’s deputy foreign minister said Russia received an invitation “at the highest level,” while the Kremlin said Putin has not decided whether to attend.
- An International Criminal Court warrant shadows any trip by Putin, though the United States is not a party to the court and would not enforce an ICC arrest order on its soil.