--- title: Donald Trump Thinks He Would 'Get Along Very Well' With Putin description: The presidential hopeful isn't too happy about how the things have been going between the U.S. and Russia canonical: https://time.com/3978915/donald-trump-putin-comment/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-30T16:52:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:45:07.886Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Thinks He and Vladimir Putin Would Get Along Just Great og:description: "I think I would get along very well with Vladimir Putin. 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Scott Heppell—AP by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jul 30, 2015 4:52 PM UTC Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said he is confident he would “get along very well with Vladimir Putin,” despite the contentious relationship the Russian president has had with the United States in recent years. “I think I would get along very well with Vladimir Putin. I just think so. People say, ‘What do you mean?’ I think I would get along well with him,” Trump told reporters in Glasgow, Scotland, where he is attending the women’s British Open being played at a golf course he owns. “He hates Obama, Obama hates him. We have unbelievably bad relationships. 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