Trump will press Putin on election meddling denials - security aide

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Trump will press Putin on election meddling denials - security aide

By Doina Chiacu

 

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will press Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Moscow's denial of meddling in the 2016 presidential election when the two leaders meet next month, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.

 

Bolton said he discussed concerns about Russian meddling in the U.S. elections with Putin during his visit to Moscow on Wednesday, citing activities targeting congressional elections coming up in November as well as the 2016 presidential contest.

 

"The election meddling issue was definitely something we talked about," Bolton told the CBS "Face the Nation" programme.

 

Bolton said he brought up both the 2016 election and Russian activities in upcoming congressional elections.

 

Speaking about the meddling, Bolton told the "Fox News Sunday" programme: "I think it's something that we're concerned about. That's why the president is going to speak with him about it again."

 

He said Putin told him that "there was no meddling in 2016 by the Russian state."

 

Bolton said that was different from the Russians saying there was no meddling at all.

 

"I think the president will have to pursue that further and I think that's one reason why he and President Putin need to have this conversation," he said, adding that "Vladimir Putin is the one who makes the decisions and I think our leader needs to speak with him."

 

Trump's praise of Putin as a strong leader and his stated desire to forge better relations with Russia are of concern to critics. They fear he may cede too much during their first official summit on July 16 in Helsinki, Finland.

 

The Republican president said he would raise the issue of election meddling with Putin as well as Russia's role in Syria and Ukraine.

 

After Trump and Putin met briefly in Vietnam in November 2017, Trump was criticized in the United States for saying he believed Putin when he denied Russian meddling.

 

U.S. intelligence agencies have alleged that Russian hackers had tried to help Trump win the White House, something Russia has flatly denied. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether Trump's campaign worked with Moscow. Trump denies any collusion and has called the probe a "witch hunt."

 

Putin last month said patriotic Russian hackers may have staged cyber attacks against countries that had strained relations with Moscow and denied state intervention - a departure from the Kremlin's previous denials of any Russian interference.

"Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!" Trump tweeted last week.

 

'GLAD PRESIDENT WILL CONFRONT PUTIN'

"I'm concerned when the president tweets, you know, Russia denies they meddled in our election," Republican U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme on Sunday. "When they say they didn't meddle, they're lying.

 

"So I'm glad the president is going to confront Putin. Show him the evidence you've got, Mr. President, because it's overwhelming."

 

Bolton also said he discussed Russia's annexation of Crimea with Putin and his aides during a 90-minute meeting.

 

"President Putin was pretty clear with me about it, and my response was we're going to have to agree to disagree on Ukraine," he said. "That's not the position of the United States."

 

Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States in response, and its military intervention in the war in Syria to support President Bashar al-Assad are major causes of strain in the two countries' relations.

 

Asked on Friday if the United States would recognise Crimea as part of Russia, Trump said: "We're going to have to see."

 

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Jeffrey Benkoe)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-02

[Emster23]

If you believe Trump is going to press Putin on meddling and show evidence, I have nice bridge in Brooklyn I'm willing to let go for a song

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, Emster23 said:

If you believe Trump is going to press Putin on meddling and show evidence, I have nice bridge in Brooklyn I'm willing to let go for a song

Exactly. Nobody in their right mind actually believes "trump" about this (or about most anything, but particularly this). Not sure why they even broadcast such blatantly obvious lies. Pretty sure even brainwashed Fox news "trump" fans don't believe it. They think what Russia did was A-OK because anything that helped their dear leader win is fine by them. 

Edited July 2, 2018 by Jingthing

[flyingtlger]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

U.S. President Donald Trump will press Russian leader Vladimir Putin....

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

He's well BRANDED by now. But weirdly his fans are into that garbage.

[Expatthailover]

Oh please!

He does not possess the cojones to take on a real man.

He will sit quiet do as he is told then make a noise when he is well out of harms way just like with trudeau.

[howbri]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Exactly. Nobody in their right mind actually believes "trump" about this (or about most anything, but particularly this). Not sure why they even broadcast such blatantly obvious lies. Pretty sure even brainwashed Fox news "trump" fans don't believe it. They think what Russia did was A-OK because anything that helped their dear leader win is fine by them. 

CNN and MSNBC troll!

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, howbri said:

CNN and MSNBC troll!

Says everything about you and nothing about me. Bye.

[Dumbastheycome]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

He's well BRANDED by now. But weirdly his fans are into that garbage.

Self deception all around?

[Becker]

24 minutes ago, howbri said:

CNN and MSNBC troll!

Wow, what a succinct and articulate post well worthy of a Swamp King base supporter! You must be really really smart!!

[Srikcir]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

"President Putin was pretty clear with me about it, and my response was we're going to have to agree to disagree on Ukraine,"

Wow, that's really showing Putin.

I'm sure Putin's willing to agree to disagree on every Russian conquest he accomplishes if that minimizes the US response. When did Bolton become a wallflower? This rebuke sounds like something Obama might make.

[Tug]

Ha ha he will probably offer to set up a joint cyber crime task force like last time so his master Putin can mine all our secrets just laughable better stick with locking up toddlers Donald 

[Jingthing]

Wow, that's really showing Putin.

I'm sure Putin's willing to agree to disagree on every Russian conquest he accomplishes if that minimizes the US response. When did Bolton become a wallflower? This rebuke sounds like something Obama might make.

No. Obama would have never said anything that weak. It's true he didn't act on red lines and that showed weakness but he would never say anything that lame about Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

 

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[Bundooman]

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Exactly. Nobody in their right mind actually believes "trump" about this (or about most anything, but particularly this). Not sure why they even broadcast such blatantly obvious lies. Pretty sure even brainwashed Fox news "trump" fans don't believe it. They think what Russia did was A-OK because anything that helped their dear leader win is fine by them. 

A meeting behind closed doors", no doubt - excluding all Western press officials, but allowing the Russian press. 

 

you can see it now, can't you?

 

Drumpft:   OK Vlad, I've done what you wanted. I'm destroying NATO, turning the EU into utter confusion, I've spat on the trade agreement, upset Iran so I can bomb it when my presidency needs renewing, got the world off my back about our dear friend, KJU, set the US at each other's throats, turned the UK and Germany against the US, made the USA look stupid, separated immigrant families and destroyed cohesion in the US, and so our plan has worked and now I'd like my splash-sex video back together with a few billion roubles to boot. A nice Dacha would be appreciated - I don't see me spending the rest of my life in a country where everybody hates me.

 

Putin:   Good job, Trumpety Trump, but I'll keep the vid and the IOU's a bit longer - I just love to see a woman pissering all over a pratt.  By the way, weren't you going to raise the issue of election and Brexit interference with me?

 

Drumft:   Oh that! I'll just tell them you denied it and that I believe it. My tame republicans believe EVERYTHING I tell them!

 

Or something like that...….

 

 

[Mac98]

Trump will press Putin for details so he can educate his followers on how to do more of it from home.

[1337markus]

4 hours ago, Mac98 said:

Trump will press Putin for details so he can educate his followers on how to do more of it from home.

Putin wont even work up a sweat as he plays Trump for the failure he is. Bush thought he had Putin in his pocket until Putin flared up on him about US treatment of US journalists, Bush begged Putin not to go public with this.

[DM07]

Yeah...right!

As if he didn't know!

(And as if he would do anything remotely like "press" Putin...)