NEW: Pres. Trump said that he would 'love to go' to Russian military parade that Western officials have avoided in recent years over Russia's annexation of Crimea, after Russian Pres. Putin invited him earlier this year.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he would"love to go" to a Russian military parade that Western officials have avoided in recent years over Russia's annexation of Crimea, after Russian President Vladimir Putin invited him earlier this year.
"I was invited, I am thinking about it," Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, after a reporter from a Russian state news agency, TASS, asked him about it."That's right in the middle of our campaign season, but I am thinking I would certainly think about it. President Putin invited me to the -- it's a very big deal, celebrating the end of the war, et cetera, et cetera. Very big deal.
George W. Bush was the last U.S. president to attend the parade, in 2005, while President Bill Clinton attended 10 years before.
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