Donald Trump's advisors are shocked by his decision to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, March 20, congratulating Putin on his reelection as head of state, Trump stated that he hoped to meet him soon. The Washington Post reported with reference to a senior administration official that these words of Trump astounded his assistants, since at a briefing before a call to Moscow the question of a possible meeting of the two presidents was not even touched upon and no preparation was being made for him. Trump himself told journalists that he might meet with Putin in the near future, while officials are puzzled when these talks can take place, because the schedules of presidents until November do not include even a simultaneous visit to the same country. In November, Trump and Putin will meet at the G-20 summit in Argentina. In his Twitter microblog, Trump wrote on March 21: "getting along with Russia is good, not bad" and added that Moscow can help the US solve a number of international problems. The leaders of the two countries have not yet had any top-level talks. Trump and Putin met in the margins of the G20 meeting in Germany last summer and in November at the APEC summit in Vietnam.