John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser, doubled down on his view that the president's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska will not result in a peace deal.

“I don't think there's a peace deal anywhere in the near future,” Bolton told CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday.

“As long as Putin is advancing on the battlefield, even if it's 3 yards in a cloud of dust, he's not going to give up anything if he can get away with it,” he added. "And I think here, I think the White House has lowered expectations precisely for the reason that it's too complicated to handle here."

Trump is meeting with Putin after greeting him at the airport earlier Friday, shaking hands with the Russian leader. Days before the meeting, the White House lowered expectations around the

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