Sandy Shanks
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Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018, Trump, in a stunning rebuke of the US intelligence community, declined to endorse the US government's assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 Presidential election, saying he doesn't "see any reason why" Russia would be responsible.
Instead, Trump -- standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin -- touted Putin's vigorous denial and pivoted to complaining about the Democratic National Committee's server and missing emails from Hillary Clinton's personal account.
"I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today," Trump said during a joint news conference after he spent about two hours in a room alone with Putin.
We still have no idea what was said during those two hours. Why?
Meeting alone with the Russia leader was unprecedented, unwise, and totally unexplained.
Putin knows what they talked about and so do Putin's closest advisors. American intelligence and National Security Council do not know.
Instead, Trump -- standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin -- touted Putin's vigorous denial and pivoted to complaining about the Democratic National Committee's server and missing emails from Hillary Clinton's personal account.
"I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today," Trump said during a joint news conference after he spent about two hours in a room alone with Putin.
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We still have no idea what was said during those two hours. Why?
Meeting alone with the Russia leader was unprecedented, unwise, and totally unexplained.
Putin knows what they talked about and so do Putin's closest advisors. American intelligence and National Security Council do not know.