US President Donald Trump said he believed President Vladimir Putin when he denied accusations Russia meddled in last year’s US election despite US intelligence agencies’ conclusion of Russian interference.
Trump made the comment after he and Putin met briefly at a summit in Vietnam yesterday and agreed on a statement supporting a political solution for Syria.
It was their first encounter since July and came during a low in US-Russia relations and at a time Trump is haunted by an investigation into accusations that Putin influenced the election that brought him to the White House. Putin reiterated the denials of interference, Trump …read more
Source: Gulf times
