Following criticisms of his summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, US president, Donald Trump has said: "As the two most powerful nuclear powers in the world, United States and Russia should be able to get along quite well with each other. The world expects us to get along".

According to an Iran Press report, US president, Donald Trump, tweeted on Monday: "I have a lot of confidence in our won intelligence capabilities, but I know at the same time to built a brighter future we must not dwell in the past. As the two most powerful nuclear powers in the world, United States and Russia should be able to get along quite well with each other.  The world expects us to get along." 

President Donald Trump issued high praise of his Russian counterpart in an interview following his one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

Speaking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump called Putin “very, very strong,” and said the meeting between the two heads of state was a turning point for Russia-US relations.

“I thought President Putin was very, very strong,” the President said during the interview that aired Monday night on Fox News.

He later went on to say that before the meeting, the US relationship with Russia was a “potential problem.”

“I think we’re doing really well with Russia as of today. I thought we were doing horribly before today. I mean, horribly, dangerously,” Trump said.

“I think it was great today, but I think it was really bad five hours ago. I think we really had a potential problem,” he added.