This Week Was Helsinki Week
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The big theme at Bloomberg Opinion this week was President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. We covered every angle, from the walk-up to the meeting to the immediate reactions to it to the long-term repercussions of it.
Pre-Gaming
Trump Doesn’t Owe Putin for Selling More Oil – Meghan O’Sullivan
Trump’s Talks With Putin Are Tainted – Timothy L. O’Brien
Summit-Day Responses
Trump’s Display Next to Putin Was Shocking – Bloomberg’s Editors
Putin and Trump Couldn’t Make the Relationship Work – Leonid Bershidsky
The Aftermath
Post-Helsinki, Trump Should Release His Tax Returns – Timothy L. O’Brien
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Finally Off the Chain – Hal Brands
Trump’s Disdain for Europe Risks the U.S. Economy – Michael R. Strain
A Search for the Logic of the Helsinki Summit – Noah Feldman
Trump Disgraces the Presidency in Helsinki – Eli Lake
What Purpose Is Served by Calling Trump Treasonous? – Bloomberg Opinion writers
How to Tell If a President’s Words Are ‘Treason’ – Cass Sunstein
Israel Got the Biggest Win From Helsinki – Zev Chafets
Trump Is (Probably) Not a Russian Pawn – Tyler Cowen
The Law Behind Putin’s ‘Incredible Offer’ – Leonid Bershidsky
This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, Sunday’s roundup of our biggest commentary topic this week. New subscribers to the newsletter can sign up here.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Mark Gongloff is an editor with Bloomberg Opinion. He previously was a managing editor of Fortune.com, ran the Huffington Post's business and technology coverage, and was a columnist, reporter and editor for the Wall Street Journal.
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