US President Donald Trump Tells Vladimir Putin Lightheartedly Not To Meddle In 2020 Polls

Osaka: US President Donald Trump on Friday met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin here and light-heartedly told him not to meddle in the 2020 American presidential elections. Trump, who is seeking a second term in the next election, met Putin on the sidelines of the ongoing two-day G20 summit in this Japanese city, reports Efe news. At the beginning of their meeting, a journalist asked Trump if he intended to ask the Russian President to not interfere in the 2020 election result, as Moscow was allegedly involved in the 2016 polls. “Yes, of course I will,” Trump responded, before he turned slightly towards Putin and without looking him in the eyes, said with a smirk: “Don’t meddle in this election.”

Trump wagged his finger towards Putin, who smiled, and repeated: “Don’t meddle in this election.” This was the first meeting between the two leaders since the Helsinki Summit that caused an uproar almost a year ago when Trump appeared to accept Putin’s denials of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. “It’s a great honour to be with President Putin … We have a very, very good relationship and we look forward to spending some very good time together”. (IANS)

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