Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is embedded.

In 1986, a Russian diplomat named Yuri Dubinin

is driving in New York City with his daughter.

And he goes by this big shiny skyscraper

in the middle of Manhattan with gold letters

that say Trump Tower.

And he tells his daughter he wants to meet the owner.

He takes a lift up, meets Donald Trump, who is a bit busy,

and Chomsim said, Dubin insists to Trump.

Mr. Trump, you have made the most beautiful building

in all of America, delighted to meet you,

and then Trump melts.

This is Luke Harding.

He's a correspondent at the Guardian.

He's covered Russia for years.

And the story he's telling comes from interviews

in the Russian press with Yuri Dubinin's daughter, who was there.

So after the meeting, Dubinin and Trump stay in touch.

And then a few months later, there's an invite,

an official invite for Trump to go,

this old expenses pay trip to Moscow.

And the reason for that, Dubinin's daughter says,

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