Report: U.S. in early talks to arrange Trump, Putin summit

American officials are in initial talks with Russian representatives in a bid to arrange a summit between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday.

Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to Russia, has been in Washington to help work out details for such a meeting, a senior administration official told The Journal.

“This has been an ongoing project of ambassador Huntsman, stretching back months, of getting a formal meeting between Putin and Trump,” the official said.