Donald Trump was still on defense over the weekend — on various fronts — saying that he has "no relationship" with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite an interview in 2013 with MSNBC where Trump himself stated the opposite."I do have a relationship and I can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today," Trump said at the time, in an interview with MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, then in Moscow.But Sunday morning on ABC, Trump played semantics — asking "what do you a call a relationship?" and "I don't know what it means by having a relationship" — before pointing out that he feels Putin "treats me with great respect" but that the men do not know each other.

"I haven't spent time with him. I didn't have dinner with him. I didn't — go hiking with him. I don't know-- I-- I wouldn't know him from Adam except I see his picture, and I would know what he looks like," Trump stated unequivocally.
---from NBCnews.com