The White House Transcript Is Missing the Most Explosive Part of the Trump-Putin Press Conference

[Pluvious]

It’s not clear whether the omission was intended, but the meaning of a key exchange is dramatically altered as a result.

It was perhaps the most explosive exchange in an incendiary press conference. Russian President Vladimir Putin appearing to frankly admit to a motive for, and maybe even to the act of, meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, despite repeatedly denying Russian interference in American politics during the rest of his appearance with Donald Trump in Finland on Monday.

But the exchange doesn’t appear in full in the White House’s live-stream or transcript of the press conference, and it’s missing entirely from the Kremlin’s transcript of the event. The White House did not immediately provide an explanation for the discrepancy.

Understanding what Putin said depends on what you watch or where you look. If you watch the video of the news conference provided by the Russian government, or by news outlets such as PBS and the Associated Press, you will hear the Reuters reporter Jeff Mason ask a bombshell of a question: “President Putin, did you want President Trump to win the election and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that?”

Putin then responds with a bombshell of an answer, according to the English translation of his remarks: “Yes, I did. Yes, I did. Because he talked about bringing the U.S.–Russia relationship back to normal.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/trump-putin-press-conference-transcript/565385/

[Freethinker65]

1. Lost not in translation but on purpose

[magicarpet]

2. Scrub-a-dub-a-dub !

[boston bean]

3. Two affirmative answers.

[nature-lover]

4. Isn't altering official government documents a crime?

[tavernier]

5. All republican crimes have been forgiven this year.

Mitch said so and no one crosses the turtle.

[LAS14]

8. What the hell do they think they can get away with???? History won't...

.... report the "official White House and Russian versions." History will highlight the lying. THEY ARE SO STUPID!!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

6. To quote Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, surprise, surprise."

[Liberalagogo]

7. The ghost of Rose Mary Woods

strikes again!

[DoctorJoJo]

9. I Heard It Live, So Any Other Version Is, By Definition, Done By Treason Weasels!

[dchill]

20. Ergo.

[TrollBuster9090]

10. In other words, BILL SHINE EDITED the f-ing transcript, just like it was a FOX NEWS clip!

That's all Fux News does. Edit, chop, and otherwise butcher everything Democratic politicians say to make it look worse. And edit, chop and otherwise butcher everything Republicans say to make it sound better.

Not surprised by this...but they need to be called on it!

[dalton99a]

14. +1. Just like in Russia

[TrollBuster9090]

16. Yep. Russia Today, state propaganda television. That's their role model. nt.

[Vinca]

11. It's a shame there's video . . . to play over and over and over again.

[TeamPooka]

12. Orwellian mistake

[BlueJac]

13. Traitors are traitors...

did anyone think other wise?

[Jim__]

15. It's almost like the WH and the Kremlin coordinated on the transcript.

Or, more likely, the Kremlin just e-mailed a copy of the official transcript to the WH.

[SunSeeker]

17. Everyone heard Vlad say "Da" (Russian for yes) twice.

No way to hide it...unless Vlad copies Trump's craven walk back and says he misspoke and meant to say "Nyet."

[FakeNoose]

18. Thank goodness we have MSNBC, which did show this segment in full

I doubt very much if this will be shown on Faux News.

Just sayin'

[LuckyLib]

19. "It's not clear whether the omission was intended" -- yeah, ri-i-i-ght!

[Hassler]

21. Air-brushing history is another Russian technique.