Michael McFaul: ‘It’s Crazy’ General McMaster Is Not Attending Trump/Putin Meeting

EXCERPT:

GEIST: "You say you were the note-taker in that meeting. It strikes me, looking at the graphic that Mika just put up a minute ago, that we have the heads of state, we have Lavrov, we have Tillerson and translators, and that's it. There is no note-taker in that meeting so we may not get a full and honest account of what happens in that room."
McFAUL: "I have to say, that’s exactly right. Maybe because the last time when the President met with foreign minister Lavrov they did have a note-taker. The mem-com was leaked and we all talked about it. So maybe they decided they don’t want any notes at all. My prediction is we won’t know hardly anything about the substance because of that very fact. I think it’s a mistake to go plus one. It’s crazy to me that the national security adviser is not in this meeting, General McMaster is not in this meeting."