i don t think that s an answer at all. it s not the dumbest idea i ve ever heard but pretty close. well, by the end of the day yesterday, the president sent another tweet, which suggested he heard that criticism loud and clear and did something uncharacteristic for trump. he backed off the idea saying, the fact that president putin and i discussed a cyber security unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. it can t, but a cease-fire can and did. he talked about referring to syria. now, take a listen to what the vice president just said a few moments ago on this. the president raised the issue of cyber security again in the context of that meeting. i don t know the exact reference, but the president made it very clear last night that it probably isn t going to work out. and seen. i mean, 24 hours, it does a full circle. dan, i want to ask you about this, but before i do i just want to put up another tweet
vladimir putin that drew immediate backlash with democrats and republicans. senator marco rubio quoted partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons. he seemed to be backtracking on any. the fact we discussed a cyber security unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. it can t. a cease-fire can and did. noting perhaps the biggest take away from the trip a cease-fire in syria. but questions remain after putin denied any meddling in the 2016 election. that meeting several members of the administration took to the sunday shows to insist that the president did not accept putin s denial. president putin knows he meddled. he is never going to admit to it and that s all that happened. excuse me one second. it appears that some lawmakers
this is like a guy who robbed your house proposing working the burglary. you can t go into business with him. it s truly like working with the japanese after pearl harbor to defend hawaii. i am sure that vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance in that effort since he s doing the hacking. after members of mr. trump s cabinet took to tv yesterday to defend this idea of a joint u.s. russian cyber security unit, president trump perhaps hearing some of the backlash tweeting, the fact that president putin and i discussed the cyber security unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. the debate whether the u.s. should form a cyber security unit with a country that just interfered in its elections shows just how far from the front president trump moved the goalposts away. the debate is no longer how severe of a punishment should there be, it s now how much of a
information about hillary clinton and there s no damaging information about hillary clinton. this is the account that they didn t bring anything to the table except their desire to get the sanctions repealed. and donald trump jr. was inexperienced enough to take the meeting. thank you very much for providing that insight. e we do appreciate it. thank you for being with us. just moments ago, president trump weighed in teaming up with vladimir putin tweeting this. the fact that president putin ask i discussed a a cyber security unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. it can t, but a cease-fire can and did. the latest words from the president regarding russia and the idea of teaming up with russians on cyber security. once again a big night ofbreaking news. stay with cnn. thank you for being with me.
on his proposal to create a cyber security unit with russia. the president faced major backlash from lawmakers on both sides sunday for tweeting this, putin and i discussed forming an impenetrable cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things would be guarded. hours later changing his tune, the fact that president putin and i discussed the cyber security unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. it cannot. but a cease-fire can and did. what happened between these two tweets? there was backlash. yes, there was. let s bring back maggie haberman, john avlon and phil mudd. what is this about, maggie? as the president is fond of saying, you re never going the really know. what seems to have happened is there was an enormous amount of bipartisan criticism you would be pairing with the people who