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By Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is not believing that Russia is still targeting the United States, contradicting US intelligence badessments that Moscow was continuing its attempts to meddle in the American elections. [19659003] President Vladimir Putin over American intelligence chiefs on Russian interference in the 2016 election, saying that he had misspoken a day earlier after a summit meeting with Putin in Helsinki.
Asked by reporters on Wednesday if Russia was still targeting the United States, Trump shook his head and said, "No."
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Trump has been scrambling to deter the reputation of the United States of America in the United States of America. services.
"We are doing very well, and we have never had a hard time in Russia." House.
US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told a congressional committee in which he had already seen Russia was targeting US elections in November, when the House of Representatives and Senate are at stake, more at host of positions in state governments. 19659009] In rebutting Trump's dismissive comments on US intelligence on Monday, Coats said in a statement, "We have been clear in our badessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy."
( Reporting by Roberta Rampton, Writing by Doina Chiacu, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Will Dunham)
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