White House express anger over Moscow releases photos May 12, 2017 by Admin US President Donald Trump speaking with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak at the White House in Washington, DC. Veteran diplomats have questioned why President Donald Trump agreed to host the Russian diplomats — a rare honor for non-heads of state, much less for those at the center of major US political scandal. With the US and White House media blocked only a Russian photographer was allowed to capture the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.