jared kushner and another reporter chambers said but the president tweeted today a fox story that sort of had similar reporting. it made similar references to the unattributed reporting. they got themselves wound around the axle. they are not talking about it on their terms. absolutely right. to reiterate, the national security adviser said the same thing that sean spicer said today over the course of the trip. the back channels are customary. they are a line of diplomacy and this is the way they do business. he did not dismiss the idea. he did not actually try to say it wasn t true or deny it. the president tweeting this one report that suggests that it may not be true. of course those are not the president s words. again, what will halle was