It is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for US President Donald Trump having returned to Washington from his first foreign trip - thanks to the latest revelations surrounding his team and Russia.
Following on from a difficult meeting with world leaders at a summit in Italy, Mr Trump and his team face reports that Mr Trump’s son-on-law - and top White House adviser - Jared Kushner had looked to set up a secret back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team.
It was meeting in December with Sergei Kislyak the Russian ambassador to the United States where Mr Kushner - who was a private citizen but involved in the transition to the White House -proposed using Russian diplomatic facilities for back-channel discussions.
Mr Kislyak was said to have told his superiors that he was “taken aback” by the suggestion of using Russian facilities - the aim being making the conversations more difficult to monitor - for the line that was meant to be used to be to discuss Syria and other policy issues.
The White House did not acknowledge Mr Kushner attending the meeting - which also reportedly included than National security Adviser Michael Flynn - until March and called it a brief courtesy meeting.
The proposal was never acted upon, according to the Washington Post that first reported the story, but the actions of Mr Kusher are coming under increasing scrutiny as part of the FBI investigation into Russia’s alleged meddling in last year’s Presidential election.
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