Trumps meeting with Putin was a disaster. The aftermath isworse.
After Russian President Vladamir Putin met with President Trump for over two hours on Friday, the Russian government emerged with a stunning claim: Putin denied interfering in the 2016 president election and Trump accepted his denial.
This would mean that Trump took the word of the Russian autocrat over the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Director of National Intelligence and the unanimous opinion of his entire national security team. This includes Mike Rogers, Trumps NSA Director; Dan Coats, Trumps Director of National Intelligence; and Mike Pompeo, Trumps CIA Director.
More than 24 hours later, White House officials have refused to publicly reject the Russian governments account of the meeting.
The claim was first advanced immediately after the meeting by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
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