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The American President, Donald Trump today gave more credibility to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin than to his own intelligence services regarding the Alleged interference of Russia in the 2016 presidential elections that brought him to the White House and that Moscow denies.
In the absence of agreements to promote at the first formal summit between Trump and Putin, the issue of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US elections eclipsed the rest of the relationship's problems Bilateral deteriorated, and once again showed the gap between the US President and their own intelligence agencies
"They told me (the intelligence agencies) that they thought that it was not the same thing. was Russia, and President Putin just told me that it is not Russia, I will say the following: I see no reason to do so, " said Trump, standing next to Putin, at a press conference at the end of his four-hour summit in Helsinki.
I trust people of my intelligence, but I will tell you that President Putin has been extremely forceful in denying that today, "Trump stressed.
This n & # 39; It was not the first time that Trump refused the guarantees of his own government, something he has already done several times, even before coming to power, obviously uncomfortable with the idea that an external actor could contribute to his ascent to the United States.
But never before at a Putin press conference next, and at a time when the Investigation into the Russian conspiracy led by the special prosecutor Robert Mueller has gained strength, with the prosecution filed last Friday against twelve agents of the intelligence services of Moscow.
"The investigation ( of Mueller) is a disaster for our country " said Trump in a new attack to this investigation, that i is usually called "witch hunt" because he considers that he is politically motivated. 19659002] "It separated us (in the United States and Russia) and had a negative impact on the relationship of the two largest nuclear powers in the world" lamented Trump.
Trump's words generated rejection in part of the United States political apparatus. Representatives, Paul Ryan, asked the president to badume that Putin "is not his ally"; and the director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, reiterated his conclusion that "Russia has interfered" in the elections.
Otherwise, Trump defended his attempt to seek a thaw in relations with Russia, saying that "even during the Cold War tensions, when the world was very different, Russia and the US, they could maintain a good dialogue. "
" Our relationship has never been worse than now, but it has changed over the last four hours, I really believe it ", dared to be sure Adventures during the press conference
These four hours were those that lasted his summit with Putin, two of them in a solitary meeting accompanied only by his performers, in which Trump hoped to develop "an extraordinary relationship" with his Russian counterpart. [19659002] "Today's meeting is only the beginning of a longer process, but we have made the first steps towards a better future" did it highlighted.
Trump downplayed the criticism he received in his country. not take a tougher stance against Russia, and insisted that his desire for rapprochement is "good for the world".
"I prefer to take a political risk for peace than to risk peace for the sake of pol" emphasis.
On issues that were on the table in Helsinki, such as the conflicts in Ukraine or Syria and nuclear disarmament, Trump spoke only roughly, but expressed his willingness to cooperate with Putin. to "create security for Israel" in relation to the Syrian conflict.
Trump also insisted on the need for a containment in the nuclear field and badured that the United States will "compete" with Russia in its oil and gas sales to countries. like Germany. EFE
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