Trump Says He Pressed Putin, While Casting More Doubt On Election Meddling
After a long meeting with Russia's leader, President Trump says, "Now it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!"
by Bill Chappell
Jul 09, 2017
3 minutes
Updated at 9:02 a.m. ET
President Trump says he "strongly pressed" Russian President Vladimir Putin twice about Russia's meddling in the U.S. election — and that it's now time "to move forward in working constructively with Russia."
That work, Trump said, will include a new ceasefire in Syria, as well as a joint cybersecurity operation. But by Sunday evening he distanced himself from the latter, tweeting, "The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen."
In a series of tweets Sunday about his meetings
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