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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a summit in Helsinki that the United States would not tolerate any interference in its elections.
Trump told CBS News: "We do not accept that, we will not allow it, and that's how it will be."
When asked if Putin himself was responsible for interfering in the November 2016 presidential election, Trump replied: Because he controls his country, just as I consider myself as responsible for what is happening in this country. "
Wak Trump said that he was" very firm in the fact that we can not accept intervention, we can not afford anything at all. "
The White House said yesterday that the "threat" posed by Russia to American democracy "" Trump's comments on the subject have been misinterpreted.
Trump was asked earlier Wednesday whether Russia was still targeting the United States. " No, "he said, but his spokesman, Sarah Sanders, said that he wanted this answer to say that he would not answer the questions:" I spoke to the president, he did not answer the question. "
" The president and his administration are working hard to ensure our elections as they have done in the past. "CIA director Dan Coates on Monday underlined his" clear "conclusions on Russia's intervention in the 2016 elections, noting that Moscow was making" efforts "to" undermine "democracy.
Trump is heavily criticized by the Republican and Democratic parties in Washington for failing to confront Putin on the issue of Russia's intervention in the elections.
Earlier in the day, Trump had confirmed his "package" to Putin.
"We are fine with Russia, perhaps better than any other party."
"Look what we did, look at the sanctions."
"I think President Putin knows it more than anyone else, certainly more than the media."
Putin said, "He understands that , and he's not happy about it. "There is no other president who is as firm with Russia as me."
Trump wrote in a series of tweets that the summit Monday in Helsinki with Putin "may in the long run be successful" (NATO), which in turn constituted a "clear victory", pointing out that "Russia has agreed to help us in the North Korean issue." [19659004] Trump said Wednesday that "Many senior intelligence officials were impressed by my performance at the Helsinki press conference," he said, reinforcing the feeling that his partial return Tuesday was the the result of a decision by its advisers, with allies within NATO, who were mainly affected by a very tense summit in Brussels.
Trump seemed to question the principle of common defense, the cornerstone of the doctrine of the Alliance.
For example to attack, why my son should go to Mo "[Le Monténégro] is a very small country with very strong people."
Article 5 of the NATO Agreement states that "Montenegro is a very small country with very strong people".
Trump replies, "I understand what you mean."
Later, state department spokesman Heather Naort declined to comment directly on Trump's remarks, but said the president "reaffirmed last week our strong commitment to collective defense within NATO.
and points out that the statement issued at the end of the Brussels summit "makes it clear that any attack Z
Russia, who hailed the Helsinki summit as a major success, regretted on Wednesday the arrest of the Russian Maria Butena in the United States for attempting to secretly influence US political organizations on behalf of Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Maria Zakharova said at a press conference that "this has arrived at a clear goal: to minimize the positive impact" of the summit of the two Presidents in Helsinki.
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