President Donald Trump said he is “with our agencies” in the intelligence community regarding the question of whether Russia meddled in the 2016 election, but once again stopped short of definitively laying out his view on the extent of the interference or Russia’s role in it.
Trump on Sunday said he thinks it’s time for the country to move on from the controversy surrounding Russian election interference -- currently the subject of a criminal probe and several congressional investigations -- in the interest of building greater ties to Russia to solve global problems.
He also sought to clarify his view on whether he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials over meddling.
“What I said there is that I believe he believes that and it’s very important for somebody to believe.
“I believe in our intel agencies, our intelligence agencies. I’ve worked with and very strongly,” Trump said. “Now, at the same time, I want to be able -- because I think it’s very important -- to get along with Russia, to get along with China, to get along with Vietnam, to get along with lots of countries because we have a lot of things we have to solve."
“I feel that having Russia in a friendly posture, as opposed to always fighting with them, is an asset not a liability,” he said.
Earlier, Trump tweeted that only “haters and fools” can’t see the benefits of a good relationship with Russia.
“Every time he sees me he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’ and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it,” the U.S. president said Saturday after meeting the Russian leader briefly on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam.
“I think he is very insulted by it, if you want to know the truth. Don’t forget. All he said was he never did that, he didn’t do that. I think he is very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Hanoi. “You can only ask so many times.”
Trump instead called the accusations about Russia “an artificial Democratic hit job” that makes it harder to resolve diplomatic issues.
“When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. There always playing politics - bad for our country. I want to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism, and Russia can greatly help!” he wrote on Twitter.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-stands-intel-agencies-043619418.html
Trump on Sunday said he thinks it’s time for the country to move on from the controversy surrounding Russian election interference -- currently the subject of a criminal probe and several congressional investigations -- in the interest of building greater ties to Russia to solve global problems.
He also sought to clarify his view on whether he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials over meddling.
“What I said there is that I believe he believes that and it’s very important for somebody to believe.
Trump said at a news conference in Hanoi.
“I believe in our intel agencies, our intelligence agencies. I’ve worked with and very strongly,” Trump said. “Now, at the same time, I want to be able -- because I think it’s very important -- to get along with Russia, to get along with China, to get along with Vietnam, to get along with lots of countries because we have a lot of things we have to solve."
“I feel that having Russia in a friendly posture, as opposed to always fighting with them, is an asset not a liability,” he said.
Earlier, Trump tweeted that only “haters and fools” can’t see the benefits of a good relationship with Russia.
“Every time he sees me he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’ and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it,” the U.S. president said Saturday after meeting the Russian leader briefly on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam.
“I think he is very insulted by it, if you want to know the truth. Don’t forget. All he said was he never did that, he didn’t do that. I think he is very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Hanoi. “You can only ask so many times.”
Trump instead called the accusations about Russia “an artificial Democratic hit job” that makes it harder to resolve diplomatic issues.
“When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. There always playing politics - bad for our country. I want to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism, and Russia can greatly help!” he wrote on Twitter.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-stands-intel-agencies-043619418.html
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