President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin might travel to the United States for next year’s World Cup soccer tournament, suggesting the Russian leader could be among the international figures attending the global event.
“I was just sent a picture from somebody who wants to be there very badly,” Trump told reporters, in a press conference airing on Newsmax on Friday afternoon. “He’s been very respectful of me and of our country, but not so respectful of others. That was a man named Vladimir Putin, who I believe will be coming. Depending on what happens, he may be coming, and he may not. We have a lot of things happening over the next couple of weeks.”
The president then held up a photograph of himself with Putin from their recent summit in Alaska, saying he planned to sign a copy for the person who had sent it. “I thought it was a nice picture of him. OK of me, but nice of him,” Trump said.
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