Update 5/11/17 11:00 a.m. ET: As it turns out, the administration might not have known Russia was going to make the photos of the trio's unusual meeting public.
One furious official told CNN's Jim Acosta that the White House didn't anticipate the move. "They tricked us," the official said, adding "they lie."
Original story published on 5/10/17: Another White House official, however, told Politico that meeting with Lavrov was arranged during a recent phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. "He chose to receive him because Putin asked him to," the official said.Continue reading on VICE News.