--- title: Man Forcibly Removed From Trump-Putin Press Conference description: A man was forcibly removed from the room after holding up an 8.5 by 11 inch piece of paper that read “Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty.” canonical: https://time.com/5339799/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-summit-protest/ author: Abby Vesoulis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-16T18:31:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:51:42.191Z article:section: Politics og:title: Man Forcibly Removed From Trump-Putin Press Conference og:description: He held up a sign that said "nuclear weapon ban treaty." og:url: https://time.com/5339799/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-summit-protest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1751ab03957a682d/6989356ffb4eac92a78971ed/trump-putin-helsinki-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump and Putin Helsinki Press Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Forcibly Removed From Trump-Putin Press Conference twitter:description: He held up a sign that said "nuclear weapon ban treaty." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1751ab03957a682d/6989356ffb4eac92a78971ed/trump-putin-helsinki-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Forcibly Removed From Trump-Putin Press Conference  by [Abby Vesoulis](https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/)  ## Abby Vesoulis Jul 16, 2018 6:31 PM UTC  US President Donald Trump (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. US President Donald Trump (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018.YURI KADOBNOV—AFP/Getty Images  by [Abby Vesoulis](https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/)  ## Abby Vesoulis Jul 16, 2018 6:31 PM UTC Right before President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared for their joint press conference at Helsinki on Monday morning, a man identifying as a journalist was forcibly removed from the room after holding up an 8.5 by 11 inch piece of paper that read “Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty.” A spokeswoman for the publication confirmed to [Yahoo News](https://www.yahoo.com/news/reporter-forcibly-removed-audience-ahead-trumps-press-conference-putin-161204843.html) that the man was Sam Husseini, from _the Nation_. The spokesperson said Husseini had been credentialed to cover the event for the American-outlet and that the magazine was “troubled” by Husseini’s removal. Before the press conference, Trump and Putin met alone to discuss trade, nuclear arms and China. Trump also [told reporters](https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/628973563/trump-putin-to-meet-after-new-charges-over-russias-2016-election-interference) he would ask Putin about Russian interference in the 2016 election, but said he did not believe Putin would admit to anything. “I don’t think you’ll have any ‘Gee, I did it, I did it, you got me,’” Trump [said](http://time.com/5338623/russian-hackers-indictments-democratic-national-committee/). “There won’t be a Perry Mason here, I don’t think, but you never know what happens, right?” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5339799/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-summit-protest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5339799/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-summit-protest/"},"headline":"Man Forcibly Removed From Trump-Putin Press Conference","datePublished":"2018-07-16T18:31:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:51:42.191Z","description":"A man was forcibly removed from the room after holding up an 8.5 by 11 inch piece of paper that read “Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty.”","url":"https://time.com/5339799/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-summit-protest/","keywords":["Donald Trump","russia","Foreign Policy","Vladimir Putin","Helsinki","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1751ab03957a682d/6989356ffb4eac92a78971ed/trump-putin-helsinki-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abby Vesoulis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/abby-vesoulis/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1751ab03957a682d/6989356ffb4eac92a78971ed/trump-putin-helsinki-press-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump and Putin Helsinki Press Conference","caption":"Presidents Trump and Putin stand in front of their nations' flags during a press conference","creditText":"YURI KADOBNOV—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5339799/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-summit-protest/","name":"Man Forcibly Removed From Trump-Putin Press Conference"}}]}] ```