In an attempt to “clarify” his remarks during yesterday’s summit with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump made a brief closed=door address to a handful of Republican members of Congress amid mounting criticism from allies and foes alike about his failure to publicly condemn Russian election meddling.
The president said that after reviewing the clip of the summit press conference, he decided he needed to clarify and did so by saying that has “full faith” in US intelligence agencies, while noting that he also entered the Putin meeting with conviction that engagement is better than hostility.
But more importantly, and as some expected, Trump appears to have folded, saying that he misspoke yesterday and that his past comment on US intel needs clarification, he said that he now “accepts the intelligence conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.“
- TRUMP SAYS HIS PAST COMMENT ON U.S. INTEL NEEDS CLARIFICATION
- TRUMP SAYS HE MISSPOKE YDAY WHEN MAKING COMMENT ON RUSSIA
- TRUMP: I ACCEPT INTELLIGENCE CONCLUSION RUSSIA MEDDLED IN 2016
- TRUMP SAYS ACCEPTS INTEL THAT RUSSIA MEDDLED IN U.S. ELECTION
- TRUMP REITERATES THERE WAS NO COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA IN 2016
Turmp also made the following statements:
- TRUMP SAYS HAS FULL FAITH IN U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
- TRUMP SAYS ENGAGING WITH PUTIN BETTER THAN HOSTILITY
- TRUMP SAYS HE IS WORKING HARD WITH U.S. ALLIES
- TRUMP SAYS HELSINKI WAS HIS `MOST SUCCESSFUL VISIT’
Finally, there will be no thaw in US-Russia relations:
- TRUMP SAYS SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
Even though:
- TRUMP SAYS DIALOG WITH RUSSIA VERY IMPORTANT, GOOD
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