But that there will be no formal meeting. While en route to vietnam earlier, trump was asked by reporters aboard air force one, whether he had spoken to putin about u. S. Election influence, referring to putin, the president said, quote, he said he didnt meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask him so many times. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. Lets bring in nbc news Chris Jansing who is live on the ground in hanoi, following the president s trip. Chris, in that 26minute briefing, the president made a lot of headlines. Yeah, and it wasnt about the two things that the white house said from the very beginning that they wanted to focus on, coming here to asia, and that is north korea and trade. Instead, he got wrapped up in a lot of questions about Vladimir Putin and his influence on the election. He said, as you saw, he pressed him again and he denied repeatedly, Vladimir Putin. In fact, the president said, you can only ask him so many times, and it sort of becom