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pampango

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Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:00 PM Jul 2015

Donald Trump: "I'd get along very well with Vladimir Putin"

Presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump predicted Thursday he would "get along very well with Vladimir Putin," Russia's president who is often at odds with the current administration.

Elaborating on the relationship between Putin and President Obama, Trump said, "Obama and him, he hates Obama, Obama hates him. We have unbelievably bad relationships." His comments came during a press conference in Scotland, where he is attending a golf tournament at the Trump Turnberry course.

He didn't just predict a good relationship with Putin. Trump also said he would be "very close" with Britain and that the U.S. would have "such a great relationship with this part of the world and I think many other parts of the world." He said he would also be able to get along well with people from China.

"The problem we have is the people running China, Mexico, Japan, all of the leaders of those countries are much sharper, smarter, more cunning than our leaders and they're taking advantage of us," Trump said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-id-get-along-very-well-with-vladimir-putin/

Sounds like a 'reset' of relations with Putin. Perhaps Trump and Putin have enough in common that it could work, FWIW.

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Donald Trump: "I'd get along very well with Vladimir Putin" (Original Post) pampango Jul 2015 OP
Actually Trump might be right about that one. yellowcanine Jul 2015 #1
Figures shenmue Jul 2015 #2
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