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Washington: US President Donald Trump has sowed even more confusion over his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, insisting after a day of conflicting statements about Russia's interference in the 2016 election that he had actually laid down the law with Putin. "We're not going to have it, and that's the way it's going to be."
In the barrage of headlines about President Donald Trump and Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the head of the FBI sat down and offered his thoughts Wednesday on an assortment of issues, including the president's meeting this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. FBI Director Christopher Wray, in an interview with NBC's Lester Holt at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, was very clear that Russia "continues to engage in malign influence efforts to this day."
Sen. Rand Paul certainly has his differences with President Donald Trump, a one-time rival for the White House. But on one cornerstone issue, a resistance to U.S. intervention abroad, they are simpatico.
President Donald Trump spent a second day managing the political fallout from his widely criticized meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, shifting stances and mopping up what the White House said were misstatements. His toughness with the longtime American foe in question, Trump said Wednesday he told the Russian president face-to-face during Monday's summit to stay out of America's elections "and that's the way it's going to be."
Trump, facing a political uproar over his failure to confront Putin during their Helsinki summit on Monday over Russia's 2016 U.S. election meddling, adopted his usual defiant posture, calling his critics deranged. Asked by reporters before a morning Cabinet meeting at the White House whether Russia was still targeting the United States, Trump shook his head and said, "No."
President Donald Trump says in an interview with CBS News that he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States won't tolerate election interference in the future. Trump says: "I let him know we can't have this.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, chairman of the House Rules Committee, speaks during a meeting on Monday. Sessions argued Wednesday that there was no need to increase federal funding for election security.
When asked if Moscow, accused by US intelligence agencies of meddling in the 2016 presidential election, was still interfering, Trump said "no." That assertion appeared to be at odds with the assessment of US intelligence chief Dan Coats, who said Monday that Russia was involved in "ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy."
The Connecticut Coastal Chapter of RESULTS visited Washington D.C. Monday for the groupA's annual conference. During a visit to Capitol Hill, they met with several of their legislators, including Congressmen Himes and Courtney, and Congresswoman DeLauro.
"This Republican Congress has proven incapable of fulfilling the Founders' design that 'Ambition must ... counteract ambition.' All who believe in this country's values must vote for Democrats this fall," Comey tweeted.
Following President Trump's meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, where he accepted Putin's election meddling denial, top Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump listing a series of questions to clarify what commitments he may have made to Putin during their secretive and lengthy meeting.
President Donald Trump's recent traitorous fiasco in Helsinki ["Trump Takes Putin's Word," News, July 17] is an excellent example of what happens when a very inept, inexperienced, egotistical, junior varsity player tries to compete on the world stage with a very well-prepared, experienced, sophisticated and cunning senior varsity player. What deep, dark secret does Russian President Vladimir Putin hold over Trump? He cannot be that dumb and disingenuous and in denial without a reason.
Senator Calls For Hearing With U.S. Interpreter In Trump-Putin Meeting - Congress needs to know what Trump "promised Putin on our behalf," says Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. - WASHINGTON Nobody knows what President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in their private In his prepared remarks, Trump removed a line about bringing election hackers to justice - In preparation for a public statement meant to mitigate the damage from Monday's news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump brought four pages of handwritten notes to a meeting with congressional leaders.
Senator Calls For Hearing With U.S. Interpreter In Trump-Putin Meeting - Congress needs to know what Trump "promised Putin on our behalf," says Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he had misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia.'
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, left, and Donald Trump. Photo credit: Hutchinson - Staton Breidenthal/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Trump-Jim Cole/AP President Donald Trump's comments Monday regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin and that country's election interference in the 2016 U.S. elections were "very disappointing," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday in an interview.
Facing a barrage of criticism from both parties over his comments during a news conference with President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Trump said on Tuesday that he had misspoken about whether Russia had tried to influence the 2016 election. Asked in Finland whether he believed Mr. Putin over American intelligence agencies, Mr. Trump had said: "He just said it's not Russia.
President Donald Trump struggled Wednesday to contain the furor over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he gave conflicting signals about whether he believes there's any ongoing threat to American elections from Moscow. President Trump struggles to contain firestorm over Putin summit President Donald Trump struggled Wednesday to contain the furor over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he gave conflicting signals about whether he believes there's any ongoing threat to American elections from Moscow.
Donald Trump has backed away from his public undermining of American intelligence agencies after he was blistered by bipartisan condemnation in the US. The president said he simply misspoke when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 election that put him in the White House.
The head of the nation's largest electronic spy agency and the military's cyberwarfare arm has directed the two organizations to coordinate actions to counter potential Russian interference in the 2018 midterm elections. The move, announced to staff at the National Security Agency last week by NSA Director Paul Nakasone, is an attempt to maximize the efforts of the two groups and comes as President Donald Trump in Helsinki on Monday said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "extremely strong and powerful" in denying Russian involvement in the presidential election two years ago.