And it does not share our values and I think that should be made very, very clear.” “But Russia is a menacing government that does not share our interests. “I understand a desire to have good relations, that is perfectly reasonable,” Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Tuesday. There has been little talk about the economy or Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the last 24 hours as coverage has been dominated by the Russian summit.ĭemocrats, Republicans, media personalities and even some of the president’s staunchest supporters condemned Trump’s refusal to say during a press conference with Putin in Finland that he believes Russia interfered in the 2016 election.Ĭongressional leaders have also pushed back against Trump. “The economy of the United States is stronger than ever before!” he wrote. Sadly, it is not being reported that way – the Fake News is going Crazy!Ī few minutes later, Trump shifted his focus on Twitter to tout the economy. While I had a great meeting with NATO, raising vast amounts of money, I had an even better meeting with Vladimir Putin of Russia. “Sadly, it is not being reported that way – the Fake News is going Crazy!” he added. “While I had a great meeting with NATO, raising vast amounts of money, I had an even better meeting with Vladimir Putin of Russia,” Trump tweeted. president appeared to take Putin’s word that Russia didn’t interfere in the 2016 election over the findings of his own intelligence agencies. In a series of tweets, Trump blasted the media and touted the economy in response to a day of negative coverage about the summit, where the U.S. Faced with growing bipartisan criticism of his performance at a summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, President Trump on Tuesday blamed the media for unfair coverage of the meeting.
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