Trump hopes to get on well with Putin if he wins

NEW YORK, Aug 13 (TASS): US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that he hopes to get on well with Russian President Vladimir Putin again if he wins the upcoming presidential election.

"I got along with Putin very well, and he respected me," Trump said in an interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk broadcast on social media platform X, adding that he hoped that they would get on well again.

The politician also claimed that conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip would not have occurred if he were still president. The US presidential electi n is slated for November 5.

Incumbent US President Joe Biden was supposed to represent the Democrats at the election but decided to drop out of the race after mounting calls from his party following his poor performance in a June debate with his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump.

On July 21, Biden announced his decision to end his re-election bid and endorse Kamala Harris to replace him.