From Trumps treason in the New York Daily News to a nod and a winking in the Daily Express, most consider the summit as a triumph for Putin
Newspapers around the world have reacted to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's performances at the Helsinki summit, and are united in their assessment of which world leader came out on top.
In the US, several newspapers ran in hard on Trump. The New York Daily News accused the president of treason. Its front page featured an illustration of Trump holding hands with a bare-chested Putin and shooting Uncle Sam in the head with a handgun in the other hand.
New York Daily News (@ NYDailyNews)
. @realdonaldtrump derides reports with which he disagrees as” fake news ,” then buys the Russian narrative hooking, line, sinker, pole and boat. https :// t.co/ TGHurpVDKy
An early look at Tuesday's front … pic.twitter.com/ BXsoZsIT4B
The Washington Post's headline is:” Trump touts Putin's' powerful' denial “. The paper says Trump handed the Russian chairwoman” an unalloyed diplomatic triumph” during their summit as he refused to support the” collective conclusion” of the US intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016 general elections.
The New York Post ran with the headline:” See no evil “.
Nick Bryant (@ NickBryantNY)
Even the New York Post is rending into Trump for #HELSINKI2018 pic.twitter.com/ zFOcokiGCx
In Russia, the government-owned daily, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, had a slightly different take. The newspaper said that relations with America had improved and that friends should not be fighting with friends. The paper reported that as a result of the discussions between the two leaders many things had changed for the better.
In Finland, the paper Kauppalehti built no bones about who had triumped at the summit: Trump 0- Putin 1, was its front page headline.
Jake Tapper (@ jaketapper)
This morning's newspaper here in Finland pic.twitter.com/ Xg0wPJZsKR
The biggest selling Swedish-language newspaper in Finland, Hufvudstadsbladet, carried a picture of a smiling Putin next to Trump with the headline: “Trump was my favourite”.
Jake Tapper (@ jaketapper)
” Putin: Trump was my favorite” pic.twitter.com/ yJCzNItq4p
In the UK, the Guardian splashed on a picture of Trump and Putin's Helsinki handshake with the headline” Nothing short of treasonous: Trump accused over Putin talks “.
The Times said Trump faced a backlash after his “productive” summit with Putin.
The left-leaning tabloid the Daily Mirror said:” Trump branded a traitor” with the main headline calling him “Putin's poodle” after he backed the Russian leader's refusal of meddling in the US election.
Britain's right-wing Daily Express carried a double-page spread on the summit:” A nod and a wink … and the Cold War objective” is its headline, as Putin meets his” new best buddy “.
Read more: www.theguardian.com
