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From ABC News
President Donald Trump may tout his name as a global brand, but apparently in 2013 the "Apprentice" star and real estate mogul wasn't even on Vladimir Putin's radar.
When a reporter asked the Russian president Monday if he'd collected compromising material on the American president during Donald Trump's 2013 visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant, Putin said he didn't even realize Trump had rolled into town.
"Well, distinguished colleague, let me tell you this: When President Trump was at Moscow back then, I didn't even know that he was in Moscow," Putin said. "I treat President Trump with utmost respect, but back then when he was a private individual, a businessman, nobody informed me that he was in Moscow."
The unverified allegations that Trump engaged in a sexual encounter with prostitutes during that trip have not entirely escaped Putin's notice, however.
"Yes, I did hear these rumors that we allegedly collected compromising material on Mr. Trump when he was visiting Moscow," Putin said in the Monday press conference. "When Mr. Trump came to Moscow, I didn't even know he was there."
COMMENT:-
"When Mr. Trump came to Moscow, I didn't even know he was there." can be used as a textbook example of a "non-responsive answer".
Donald who? Putin doesn't remember Trump in Moscow
President Donald Trump may tout his name as a global brand, but apparently in 2013 the "Apprentice" star and real estate mogul wasn't even on Vladimir Putin's radar.
When a reporter asked the Russian president Monday if he'd collected compromising material on the American president during Donald Trump's 2013 visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant, Putin said he didn't even realize Trump had rolled into town.
"Well, distinguished colleague, let me tell you this: When President Trump was at Moscow back then, I didn't even know that he was in Moscow," Putin said. "I treat President Trump with utmost respect, but back then when he was a private individual, a businessman, nobody informed me that he was in Moscow."
The unverified allegations that Trump engaged in a sexual encounter with prostitutes during that trip have not entirely escaped Putin's notice, however.
"Yes, I did hear these rumors that we allegedly collected compromising material on Mr. Trump when he was visiting Moscow," Putin said in the Monday press conference. "When Mr. Trump came to Moscow, I didn't even know he was there."
COMMENT:-
"When Mr. Trump came to Moscow, I didn't even know he was there." can be used as a textbook example of a "non-responsive answer".