Trump meets Putin

Lucky Luke

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November 2017: Putin and Trump
After they met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Trump said he believed Putin when he said that Russia didn't interfere in the 2016 US election.

"He said he didn't meddle. He said he didn't meddle," Trump told reporters. "I asked him again. You can only ask so many times. I just asked him again. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they are saying he did."

US intelligence agencies had concluded in January 2017 that Putin ordered the interference to undermine Hillary Clinton's candidacy.

Putin's spokesman, meanwhile, told CNN the leaders didn't discuss Russian meddling.

July 2018: Putin and Trump
In their first individual summit together, Trump and Putin met in Helsinki, Finland in July 2018.

During a joint press conference, Trump shrugged off Russian election meddling in 2016, casted doubt on the findings of his own intelligence agencies, and attacked the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference.

After his comments ignited a firestorm across the political spectrum, Trump said the next day that he misspoke during the press conference, and that he had full faith in the US intelligence community.

-https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/what-happened-every-other-time-putin-met-with-us-presidents/ar-AAAdDtA?ocid=spartanntp

Bull shit he "misspoke". He has form.
 
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