He lost the election and was put into office because the Russians interfered.” “I think the interference, though not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. “There is no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election,” Carter said at a human rights discussion in Leesburg, Virginia. intelligence agencies over his Russian counterpart. There, Trump pointedly did not admonish Putin about election interference and did not side with U.S. The exchange at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka echoed one of the defining moments of Trump’s presidency from a year ago in Helsinki, Finland. Then he turned to Putin and facetiously said, “Don’t meddle in the election.” He playfully repeated the request while pointing at Putin, who laughed. But Friday’s joint appearance seemed to go even further.Īs the two leaders sat down for their first meeting in nearly a year, a reporter asked Trump if he would warn Putin not to meddle in America’s upcoming 2020 election. That was one day after the Russian leader praised the president of the United States for his nationalist world views and vigorously declared the days of the West’s liberals are dying if not already dead.įor some time, Trump has defied the once-entrenched Republican distrust if not outright hatred of the powerful nation at the heart of the former Soviet Union. elections, shared their contempt for the world’s news media and generally flaunted their personal bond on Friday. OSAKA, Japan (AP) - Smiling together on a global stage, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin cheerfully dismissed Russian interference in U.S. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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