(Evan Vucci/Associated Press)Donald Trump said he would be willing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin before Inauguration Day if he is elected president, breaking sharply with precedent and showing little compunction over stepping on the heels of President Obama’s final months in office. And I think that you have potentially a really catastrophic situation here, I'll be honest with you,” Trump told conservative radio host Michael Savage during an interview. I think I could see myself meeting with Putin and meeting with Russia prior to the start of the administration. “The problem is Putin has no respect for Obama, at all, doesn’t like him and doesn’t respect him. And Obama doesn’t like Putin.

Source: Washington Post October 17, 2016 23:15 UTC