Trump Says He Stands With Intel Agencies on Russia Meddling
- Intelligence agencies now led by ‘fine people,’ Trump says
- President briefly meets Putin at economic summit in Vietnam
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President Donald Trump once again waded into the controversy of whether he thinks Russia meddled in last year’s election, saying on Sunday that he believes “very much in our intelligence agencies.”
A day earlier, the U.S. leader said that Vladimir Putin believed he didn’t interfere, prompting questions about whether Trump actually took the Russian president at his word. The two leaders had met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam.