President Donald Trump again contradicted US intelligence agencies on Wednesday, stating that Russia was still not targeting the United States, accusing its detractors of being disturbed.
The day after his failure to face Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki summit for Moscow's election interference in 2016, Trump adopted his usual defiant stance and rejected Russia's badessments on the Russian community. information. 19659004] "We are doing very well, probably as everyone has done with Russia, and no president has ever been as hard as me in Russia," Trump told a cabinet meeting to the White House. Putin "understands this and he is not happy about it."
Asked by reporters that Russia was still targeting the United States, Trump shook his head and said, "No."
The House White later denied that Trump claimed that Russia was no longer targeting States, saying its answer was "no", were to take further questions than possible interference in the US elections. "The president … said no to answering questions," said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders. .
"The president and his administration are working very hard to make sure that Russia is unable to meddle in our elections as they have done in the past."
U.S. Intelligence officials said the Russian electoral interference efforts are continuing and are now targeting the next congressional elections in November.