Donald Trump said “if President Obama got along with Putin, that would be a fabulous thing but they do not get along,” during an interview Sunday on “Meet the Press.”
Trump told moderator Chuck Todd that when Russian President Vladimir Putin comes to New York soon, he would “enjoy” meeting with him. Trump continued, saying the “relationship [sic] is so important in business and it’s so important in deals and it’s so important in a country.”
Chuck Todd: Let me start with Vladimir Putin, your council, your outside council intimated that you may have a meeting with the Russian president. Do you plan on trying to do that?
Donald Trump: Well, I had heard that he wanted to meet with me and certainly I would be open to it. I would love to do that if he wants to do that. I don’t know if it’s going to take place. I’m not sure. I know that people have been talking. But, we’ll see what happens. But, certainly if he wanted to meet. I mean I’d like, I’d enjoy doing it. You know I’ve been saying relationship is so important in business and it’s so important in deals and it’s so important in a country. And if President Obama got along with Putin, that would be a fabulous thing but they do not get along. Putin does not respect our president and I’m sure that our president does not like him.