--- 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.” title: Man Forcibly Removed From Trump-Putin Press Conference 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 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Forcibly Removed From Trump-Putin Press Conference  by [Abby Vesoulis](/author/abby-vesoulis/)  ## Abby Vesoulis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2018 6:31 PM CUT  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](/author/abby-vesoulis/)  ## Abby Vesoulis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2018 6:31 PM CUT 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined") 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/ "undefined"). “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"}}]}] ```