Putin ridicules Trump
The phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was scheduled for 6 p.m. local time in Moscow. But as the clock struck, the Kremlin leader was busy elsewhere. Not only did the Russian president apparently postpone the waiting American president by an hour, he even joked about it on the open stage.
Vladimir Putin even seems to take a malicious pleasure in playing for time, as demonstrated by his staging on Tuesday March 18, at the very time his meeting with Donald Trump was scheduled. Comfortably installed in an armchair, the Russian president was on stage at an economic forum bringing together leading figures from the world of business, and when the conference host reminded him that he had an appointment, he responded with a smile, pretending not to know, in front of a hilarious audience.