The planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary has been put on hold, a White House official announced on October 21.

"I don't want to have a wasted meeting," Trump said on Tuesday when asked why the meeting was put off. "I don't want to have a wasted time, so I'll see what happens."

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the timing of a potential summit between Putin and Trump was unclear and that no dates had been mentioned.