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Donald Trump stubbornly refused Monday to condemn Moscow for interfering in the US presidential campaign at a summit in Helsinki with Vladimir Putin, causing an uproar in Washington for his tone resolutely conciliatory with the strongman of the Kremlin.
At the end of a two-hour tête-à-tête, the two men showed their willingness to write a new chapter in relations between Washington and Moscow.
But this is the attitude of 45th President of the United States on the burning issue of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, unanimously attested by the FBI investigators and US intelligence agencies, which caused the amazement. On Monday, the chief of intelligence, Dan Coats, confirmed his certainties.
"I have President Putin who just said it was not Russia (…) And I do not see why this would be, "Mr Trump said, suggesting that he was more sensitive to the Russian leader's denials than to the conclusions of his own services.
" President (Putin) strongly contests ", he insisted.
On his return flight from the Finnish capital, the President of the United States was able to see the consequences of his respect for his Russian counterpart, finding himself sharply criticized even by tenors of the Republican Party.
Republican Senator John McCain, a respected elected official, denounced "one of the worst moments in the history of the American presidency."
The wave of indignation, of a rare intensity, led Mr. Trump to ensure he kept "immense confidence" in his intelligence services.
"As I said today and several times before, I have a HUGE trust in MY intelligence agents", he tweeted to try to quell the controversy.
"However, I must also recognize that in order to build a better future, we can not turn exclusively to the past – being the two greatest powers we must agree! ", he added.
-" Sad Day for America "-
The American billionaire, in power for 18 months, has long been a sign of hope to establish a personal relationship with Mr. Putin, a former KGB officer who is in charge of power in Russia since 2000.
Donald Trump must realize that "Russia is not our ally," Republican leader Paul Ryan said.
Leader of the Democratic Opposition in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, has accused the president of the world's leading power of being "thoughtless, dangerous and weak" against his Russian counterpart.
Nancy Pelosi, Leader of the Democratic Opposition in the House of Representatives representatives, referred to "a sad day for America."
Vladimir Putin, who once again denied any interference, he wanted to see Donald Trump win against the Democrat Hillary Clinton?
"Yes ", replied the latter without a hitch. Advanced reason? "He was talking about the normalization of Russian-American relations."
The Washington inquiry into Russian interference in favor of Trump in the 2016 presidential campaign was relaunched dramatically, three days from the summit , by indictment of 12 Russian intelligence agents accused of hacking the computers of the Democratic Party.
"This investigation is a disaster … which has had a negative impact on the relations of the first two nuclear powers of the world, "said Trump, the Russian president at his side.
" We have led a remarkable campaign and that is why I am president, "he added.
– Soccer ball –
Shortly before the first handshake, he set the tone in a surprising tweet from an American president
He attributed the bad relations between Washington and Moscow to … "years of stupidi on the part of the United States "and the" witch hunt "conducted according to him by the FBI which investigates the Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Desiring to give a positive image of their meeting, the two leaders with very different backgrounds insisted on their willingness to go forward.
"I hope we have begun to understand each other better," said Putin, referring to "very successful and very useful, "while Mr. Trump, standing by his side in a parlor of the presidential palace, praised a" direct, open and very productive dialogue. "
Asked about rumors of compromising files held by Moscow on Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin pulled them off a setback
"It would be difficult to imagine greater absurdity! Get out of this idiocy of the head, "he said.
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Having arrived in Helsinki mid-day after attending Moscow's victory at the World Cup in France, Putin offered a soccer ball to the tycoon. real estate, visibly delighted
"Now the ball is in your camp", Vladimir Putin amused himself, triggering the laughter of Mr. Trump who promised to offer it to his son Barron, 12 years old
Donald Trump, like his Democratic and Republican predecessors, had, of course, already met Vladimir Putin, but the format of the meeting, like his timing, made the face-to-face of Helsinki a separate event.
The summit is the last leg of a week-long trip to Europe during The real estate mogul fired red-hot shots at his allies – Germany in the lead – while carefully avoiding criticism of the Russian president.
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