Trump vs. Fiorina: Fact-checking who knows Putin best
Donald Trump pauses during the Republican debate on Nov. 10, 2015, in Milwaukee. (Scott Olson, Getty Images)
Donald Trump implied he had met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the course of taping an episode of CBS’ 60 Minutes
“I got to know him very well because we were both on 60 MinutesRepublican debateTheWall Street Journal
The two did appear on the same 60 Minutestraveled to MoscowFifth Avenue penthouse
Earlier in the month, Trump adviser Michael Cohen said
Carly Fiorina speaks during the Milwaukee GOP debate. (Joshua Lott, AFP/Getty Images)
In his interview with Putin, Rose said that Trump “said he would like to meet you because he thinks the two of you would get along.†Putin responded, “Yes, I heard that. I heard that. Well, we’ll be glad to have any contact with the next president of the United States, any person who gains the trust of the American people can count on the fact that we will work with him.â€
In any case, the two were not “stablemates†for their 60 Minutes
Later in the Republican debate, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said that if elected president, she would not talk to Putin — at least not “right now†— and she took a jab at Trump’s claim about knowing Putin, saying, “I have met him as well, not in a green room for a show, but in a private meeting.â€
Fiorina and Putin met before the two spoke at the APEC CEO Summit in China in 2001. According to the Daily Beast
Fiorina referenced Putin at the beginning of her speech
Fiorina at the APEC CEO Summit, Oct. 19, 2001
Hewlett-Packard has been at the center of a lot of change in our 62-year history. But President Putin was elected president in the first democratic transition in Russia in 1,000 years. Talk about giving new meaning to the word “invent.â€
So yes, Fiorina met Putin. But her characterization of her encounter as a “private meeting†is a bit of a stretch. “Yes she met him in a green room, but not in a green room before a show. It was before a conference,†Fiorina press secretary Anna Epstein told ABC News
Farley is the deputy managing editor of FactCheck.org.