Trump's meeting with Putin, the Russian indictments, and the trade war with China: Here are the highlights that matter from the Sunday shows

Trump's top national security adviser said recent indictments in the special counsel's investigation of Russian interference into the 2016 US presidential elections "strengthens" Trump's position in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"[Trump] was perfectly prepared to have [the indictment] come before the meeting with Putin," John Bolton said Sunday on ABC's "This Week". "I would say, in fact, it strengthens his hand."

Bolton continued: "It shows that the justice system, the Department of Justice, are aware of these Russian efforts in election meddling, and I think the president can put this on the table and say, 'This is a serious matter that we need to talk about.'"

When asked on CBS if he would ask Putin to extradite indicted Russians to the US, Trump said he "hadn't thought of that" but might.

Trump also said he had "low expectations" the highly anticipated Putin meeting.

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia echoed the concerns of a letter top Senate Democrats sent Trump Saturday that urged him not to meet one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a planned summit in Helsinki, Finland on Monday.

"Frankly, one of the things I'm most worried about is we need to have other Americans in the room," Warner told CNN's Jake Tapper. "Vladimir Putin is a trained KGB agent, he may come in with maps of Syria, maps of Ukraine. Frankly, I think he'll take advantage of this president whom we know doesn't do much prep work before these meetings."

Seven other Democrats signed the letter, which was a more specific plea among calls from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for Trump to cancel the meeting.

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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stepped up to defend a rather unlikely person on Sunday — former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile.

They had a common criticism: the media's handling of the 2016 DNC hack.

Brazile's emails were leaked to the press during her time as interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in 2016, the media coverage of which Christie said unfairly "banged" the committee and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign.

After host Jonathan Karl asked if "the news media writ-large bear some amount of responsibility", Christie backed up Brazile's statement that the media "blew it out of proportion".

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Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady called for Trump to meet with the Chinese president after a trade war between China and the US escalated last week when China imposed retaliatory tariffs on $34 billion of mostly US agricultural products.

"At some point this year, it will show up in the economy, and that is what we are trying to avoid," Brady told Fox News in an interview. "I am confident this president, meeting face to face with President Xi, can level that playing field, can create a new set of trade rules for both of our countries."

Brady's comments aired the same day as an interview from Trump, in which he told CBS News "China is a foe economically".

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