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| Meeting with Putin angered many ‘haters’ who wanted to see ‘boxing match’ – Trump | Meeting with Putin angered many ‘haters’ who wanted to see ‘boxing match’ – Trump |
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| Donald Trump wrote on Twitter that he “got along well” with Vladimir Putin, adding that this fact bothered many “haters” who merely wanted “to see a boxing match.” | Donald Trump wrote on Twitter that he “got along well” with Vladimir Putin, adding that this fact bothered many “haters” who merely wanted “to see a boxing match.” |
| Starting the morning with a fresh post, Trump gave credit to his press conference following a landmark gathering with Putin in Finland on Monday. | |
| “So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki,” he said. | “So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki,” he said. |
| Trump then gave his take on the negotiations with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and the apparent “haters” of the meetings. | |
| “Putin and I discussed many important subjects at our earlier meeting. We got along well which truly bothered many haters who wanted to see a boxing match.” | |
| While using the words “earlier meeting”, Trump left it a bit unclear whether he still meant the landmark Helsinki summit, or the meeting with Putin at the sidelines of the G20 summit last year. | |
| That aside, he still promised “big results” will come. | |
| Speaking after the joint press conference in Helsinki, Trump admitted that Washington-Moscow ties have never been in a worse place, but that relations had “gotten substantially better” since meeting the Russian leader and could improve more in the future. | |
| READ MORE: From 'disgusting' to 'treason': Mainstream US media horrified by Trump-Putin summit | |
| Putin also told Fox news that the leaders “did make a good start”. At the conference he again ridiculed allegations that Moscow had compromising material on Donald Trump or his family, saying that it’s absurd to suggest that Kremlin collects dirt on every US businessman who visits the country. | |
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