On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the phone. During their conversation, Putin deliberately kept Trump waiting for about an hour.
The leaders of America and Russia had scheduled a phone call between 4 PM and 6 PM Moscow time to talk about bringing peace to the Ukraine crisis. Yet, at 4 PM, Vladimir Putin was still attending a conference with Russian businesspeople and entrepreneurs.
Putin has a reputation for making people wait. For instance, when the former Russian Minister of Economic Development had meetings with him, Aleksandr Shokhin highlighted at the conference that he would arrive tardy for the telephone conversation. Donald Trump , Putin just brushed it aside, as reported by the Russian news outlet. Tass .
The conversation between Putin and Trump ultimately occurred roughly at 5 PM Moscow time and went on for about ninety minutes.
(PP - Source: Daily Mail, HLN - Image: DPA picture alliance / ROPI | PO)
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