Another blast from the past, about Trump's fine judgement re: Putin
“I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it.”
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President Donald Trump just sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the US intelligence community. That’s because in one of their conversations during an international summit in Vietnam, Putin denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election — and Trump bought it.
“He said he didn't meddle, he said he didn't meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times,” Trump
told reporters on Air Force One Saturday. “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.”
It’s remarkable enough that Trump openly admitted he just believed whatever Putin told him. It’s even more startling when you realize that in January, the FBI, CIA, and NSA clearly
assessed that Russia
did interfere in the election — and that Putin was behind it.