One of Romney's Sons in Russia
Passed on message from dad to Putin
Matt Romney, Mitt Romney's second-oldest son, traveled to Russia this week, The New York Times reports.
Romney met with several Russian investors, attempting to secure backing for his California-based real estate firm. And despite some of the rhetoric his father has used on the campaign trail—calling Russia the U.S.'s No. 1 "geopolitical foe," for instance—one source told The Times Romney explained to a Russian who is "known to be able to deliver messages" to President Vladimir Putin that his father wants good relations between the two nations.
The Romney campaign said it had no comment on the trip, The Times reported. Greg Davis, the vice president of Romney's firm, Excel Trust, said the trip was unrelated to the campaign.
"It is a harmless trip," Davis told The Times. "It was a trip that has been planned for some time. Any travel they've done on behalf of Excel is strictly on the private side. It would have nothing to do with anything governmental."
Hide Comments (0)
Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.
Please
to post commentsMute this user?
Ban this user?
Un-ban this user?
Nuke this user?
Un-nuke this user?
Flag this comment?
Un-flag this comment?