Donald Trump ‘to ask Putin for the Superbowl ring’ he ‘borrowed’ from President’s tycoon pal 12 years ago
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft infamously 'lost' his ring on a business trip to Russia
DONALD Trump will reportedly be on a secret mission when he finally meets Vladimir Putin - to solve the case of the 'missing' Superbowl ring.
Trump's close pal and fellow billionaire Robert Kraft is said to be thinking of calling on the new President to help him get back the £16,000 ring Putin infamously 'borrowed' from him 12 years ago.
As many American Football fans know, New England Patriots owner Kraft infamously “lost” his ring on a trip to Russia when he let Putin “borrow” it.
After it was revealed Trump is finally lined up to meet Putin, reports in the US claimed the new President might try and reunite Kraft with his treasured ring.
In 2005, Kraft was on a business trip to Russia when he showed his ring to Putin.
The Premier apparently tried it on and then took it without giving it back.
It was reported that when the incident originally happened, the Bush administration had asked Kraft, for the sake of US-Russia relations, to say publicly that he gave the ring to Putin as a gift.
After Kraft told his version of events, Putin denied stealing the ring or having any memory of meeting Kraft, but he said he would have a replacement made for him.
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Yesterday we reported how Putin said he was ready to meet Trump but preparations for the possible meeting may take months, not weeks, says the Kremlin.
"This will not be in coming weeks, let's hope for the best - that the meeting will happen in the coming months" a spokesman told the BBC.
The Kremlin is reportedly working on plans for Putin and Trump to hold their first summit in a “neutral” country in Europe.
Trump officials have denied reports that they had informed British officials of plans for a summit with the Russian president in Reykjavik within weeks.
But two Russian officials have openly said Moscow was working on such a plan.
The Kremlin considers the summit a crucially important opportunity to set the tone to develop a strong international relationship between the two countries.
The choice of Iceland evokes memories of the 1986 talks in Reykjavik between then US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
That meeting laid the foundations for a nuclear arms control treaty a year later.
Last night Putin supporters held an all-night party in Moscow to celebrate theinauguration of Trump.
One of the organisers invited his Facebook followers to the event with the jokey comment: “See you in the evening. Washington will be ours.”