President Trump’s Stance on Russian Interference

e a joint press conference. During the conference, Trump said that he asked Putin about Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. He said that Putin strongly denied any involvement. He then noted that he put great confidence in U.S. intelligence, but saw no motive for Russia to interfere.

Neither leader denied the possibility of interference in the election. Putin simply said that it wasn’t Russia who hacked into Hillary Clinton’s email account.

Trump’s downplay of American intelligence, however, cost him support from Democrats and Republicans alike.

On Tuesday, Trump said that he had misspoken at the conference and that he accepts the report from the Department of Justice and Mueller’s charges against 12 Russian operatives. He said that he meant to say that he didn’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be Russia that interfered in the presidential election. Afterward, he noted that he is, however, still open to the possibility that someone other than Russia interfered in the election.