Times i asked him again. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what theyre saying he did. John roberts is reporting on this on a moving bus at this moment. John, its a fine distinction, but the president didnt say he believed putin. He said that he believes that putin means it, right . Yeah. There is a different here and the language is what is important. Were pulling this bus, by the way, up to the royal palace in downtown hanoi, where the president and the president of vietnam will hold bilateral meetings. The president did make a lot of news on Air Force One when he said that he talked to President Putin about whether or not Russia Meddled in the election. He got a denial from putin. Headquarters of raqqa fell. And the president and President Putin agreed they would find a way forward and political solution to syria under the framework of the u. N. Security council on syria. The two leaders saying that efforts to deconflict between the two militaries ha
it s clear that from the beginning when donald trumps with running for president that he wanted to have a change in relations with russia. now some people believe there is nefarious reasons there and collusion. whether you believe that or he felt it was a bad policy, it s something he s wanted to do for some time. the statements he made abroad, either interpretation, that what the president might have been saying is that he was saying that he believes that vladimir putin believes there was no russian meddling is remarkable. either way, it contradicts what america s intel agency said. if you remember the intel report, the unclassified report into russian hacking, they assess with high confidence that putin himself direct the the russian hacks. so it s a contradiction on what the intel agencies have told donald trump.