A U.S. official gives CNN three reasons why President Trump wanted a one-on-one meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin: Trump requested alone time to better personally assess Putin and develop a leader-to-leader relationship. Trump has previously expressed anger at leaks coming from his meetings with foreign leaders and told aides he doesn’t want sensitive information leaking from his meeting with Putin. Trump doesn’t want aides, who may take a harder line on Russia, undercutting or interrupting him in his conversation with Putin.