Current and former US officials have sounded the alarm about President Donald Trump's upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. US officials expressed concern over how quickly Trump was willing to meet with Putin. Over a dozen officials indicated "that there is no historical precedent for such a meeting. Current and former US officials sounded the alarm about President Donald Trump's upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I'm afraid," a former State Department told The New Yorker in a story published on Friday.