Trump disavows his intelligence services under Putin's eyes

PARIS.- For the first time in the history of


US
the president yesterday disavowed the intelligence services and the Ministry of Justice of his country when


Donald Trump
with the Russian leader


Vladimir Putin
refused to admit that


Russia
intervened in the presidential elections that brought him to power 18 months ago.

The investigation of the Ministry of Justice on this interference "is a disaster for our country," he said.
Trump in the brief press conference offered with the Russian president, at the end of
the summit held at the presidential palace in Helsinki, which many have defined as "the summit of surrender"

causing stupor and indignation in his own country and perplexity among his allies, the head of the White House refused to say whether he believed in the security agencies of his country or in Putin's denials, and argued that he saw no reason for Russia to want to intervene in these elections.

Trump explained that during the 2 hours and 10 minutes of the in-camera dialogue (40 minutes more than originally planned) both leaders have devoted "a lot of time" to discuss the issue of Russian interference in the 2016 election. At the end of this exchange, Putin denied in "very firm and forceful" terms that the Kremlin would have intervened, said President Trump.

"Russia has never interfered and will never intervene in the asun" I just made an incredible offer: that the Russian intelligence agencies are working with their American counterparts in this case " , explained Trump enthusiastically.

They waited:

"The presentation of Donald Trump's press conference in Helsinki exceeds and exceeds the threshold of" crimes and serious crimes ". It was nothing but a betrayal. Not only were his comments foolish, but they are totally in Putin's pocket, "writes the former CIA director, John O. Brennan, in a tweet

.He argued that the community of intelligence had been clear about Russia's "persistent and invasive attempts" to undermine American democracy.

"This was the top of capitulation" of an American president in front of a Russian leader, said D & R On the other hand CNN TV presenter John King.

The US President and his Les Russians also denied the existence of an alleged "collusion" between Trump's campaign and Moscow to get Hillary Clinton's defeat, and Putin denied that Russia had compromising elements about Trump achieved during d & # 39; a visit he made to Moscow in 2013.

Trump summed up the summit by saying that they had examined all the points of contention that existed between the two countries, though without specifying precisely the subjects addressed. Before the meeting, he described Russia, the European Union and China as "enemies". But, true to himself, he immediately added that he had "a lot of good things to tell" with Putin, especially trade, military issues, nuclear proliferation and China.

In a series of tweets published before the meeting He also blamed the United States, rather than Russia, for cooling relations between the two countries, and at the end of the negotiations he said that the relations bilateral
"They had never been worse than now." However, "it has changed" thanks to the Helsinki summit, he said.

At the press conference, Putin called the summit of "success": This meeting will allow to overtake the "complicated stage" that bilateral relations have gone through without "no solid reason". "The cold war is something of the past," he said

. Trump's remarks coincide with the Russian argument that imputes the poor state of bilateral relations to Barack Obama's government and the investigation of electoral interference in the 2016 campaign. In his official Twitter account, the Russian Foreign Ministry reprinted a tweet from Trump that tensions between the two countries had been compounded by "the foolishness and stupidity of the United States" and added, "We are in agreement". 19659013] From the beginning of the summit, according to Western diplomats in Helsinki, Putin took it psychologically upon arriving at the meeting, according to his custom, with a delay of one hour, forcing Trump – also famous for his lack punctuality – to wait.

Incident with a journalist

An American journalist, a contributor to the progressive magazine The Nation, was arrested yesterday by security guards in the hall where a few minutes later Russian President Vladimir Putin and his North American counterpart Donald Trump gave the press conference After the Helsinki Summit

The Nation identified the detained person as Sam Husseini, a contributor to columns of opinion, who showed a document in which he called for a treaty banning nuclear weapons before 39 to be abducted by security guards.

Husseini is the director of communications of the Institute for Public Accuracy, based in Washington and California