President Joe Biden will not hold a joint press conference with Vladimir Putin following their much-anticipated Wednesday summit, an apparent attempt to sidestep the diplomatic debacle that unfolded in 2018 when former President Donald Trump appeared alongside the Russian president.

Trump drew fire from members of both parties when he followed his Helsinki bilateral with Putin with a joint press conference and alluded to trusting the Russian leader and his intelligence apparatus more than the U.S. intelligence community.

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