Cybersecurity
Trump Says Putin's Denials of Election Meddling Are Sincere
- Leaders meet on sidelines of APEC economic summit in Vietnam
- ‘Political hacks’ led units that cited Russia, Trump says
How Putin Became the Symbol of Russian Power
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Donald Trump said he believes Vladimir Putin’s repeated denials of having meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election were sincere, and that only "haters and fools” can’t see the benefits of a good relationship with Russia.
“Every time he sees me he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’ and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it,” the U.S. president said Saturday after meeting the Russian leader briefly on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam.