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US intelligence director Dan Coats says he "does not in any way want to be disrespectful to President Donald Trump with what he calls his" clumsy response "to news of a second summit. planned Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin. National Intelligence Daniel Coats responds to questions at a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. "/>
Dan Coats said his "clumsy response" to the news of a second summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin "was in no way intended to be disrespectful or to criticize Mr. Trump's actions."
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M. Coats issued a statement aimed at controlling the damage of an interview that he gave at the Aspen Institute security forum in Colorado on Thursday when he expressed surprise when the news announced that Trump another summit of Putin
"Some press coverage misrepresented my intentions in responding to breaking news that I've been presented in a live interview. My clumsy response was by no means meant to be disrespectful or criticize actions of the President, "Mr. Coats said: "1965 and 1880" the international community is determined to provide the best possible information to inform and support the ongoing efforts of President Trump to prevent Russian interference in our upcoming elections, to build strong international relations so maintain peace, denuclearize dangerous regimes and protect our nation and our allies, "Coats said in his statement.
Mr. Coats was on stage at the Aspen Insti He answered questions when he was informed by Andrea Mitchell, the moderator of MSNBC who moderated the event, about the second summit
.I heard you? "he asked, amused," OK, it's going to be special. "
The White House did not comment on Mr. Coats' statement on Saturday.
Appearance of Mr. Coats at the Aspen Institute A source said that there was a belief that if Mr. Coats had been to Washington instead of Colorado, he would not have been surprised by the news.
million. Trump was heavily criticized by both Republicans and Democrats at his summit last Monday in Helsinki, Finland, with Putin, when he seemed reluctant to blame Russia for being ingested in the 2016 US presidential elections.
Mr. Trump then asserted that he supported the community's findings Saturday, the Salt Lake Tribune issued a letter from Jon Huntsman Jr., the US ambassador to Moscow, which seemed to reject a A columnist's suggestion for the newspaper that he resigned after Mr. Trump remarks in Helsinki.
"I conducted an unscientific survey among my colleagues, to whom you are referring, to find out if I should resign." Laughter told me everything I needed to know , "the letter said.
A spokeswoman for the State Department did not immediately comment on Mr. Huntsman's letter.
– Reuters
