After backlash, Trump says misspoke on Russian election meddling

US President Donald Trump has been forced into a public climbdown after a media storm following his seeming defence of Russia over claims of meddling in his country's 2016 elections.


Republican and Democrat politicians in the US, as well as intelligence officials, on Monday denounced Trump's failure to challenge his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over interference in the elections, calling his responses at a joint news conference in Finland as "shameful" and "disgraceful".

Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said he misspoke when he addressed reporters in Helsinki a day earlier, adding that he accepts the intelligence community's assessment that Russia did meddle in the elections won by him...
 (aljazeera.com)
 18/7/18
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