Might Meet Putin Before Taking Charge As President, Says Trump

Trump wants to meet Putin even before he takes the oath of presidency. (Photo: Reuters)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that if elected as the US president in the November general elections, he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin even before he takes the oath of presidency in January next year.

“...I could see myself meeting with Putin and meeting with Russia prior to the start of the administration,” Trump told the WND Radio station in an interview on Monday.

A president-elect meeting a foreign leader before the inauguration is seen quite unusual.

After being elected as the US President in November 2008, Barack Obama had stayed away from the foreign policy domain, arguing that there is only one President at a time.

You have potentially a really catastrophic situation here. I’ll be honest with you. If I win on 8 November, I could see myself meeting with Putin and meeting with Russia prior to the start of the administration

Donald Trump

“The problem is Putin has no respect for Obama at all,” the Republican presidential nominee, a frequent guest on the radio station, said.