‘He means it’: Trump appears to take Putin’s denial about election meddling at face value

The following article by Amber Phillips was posted on the Washington Post website November 11, 2017:

President Trump on Nov. 11 said he believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being truthful when he denies that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election. (Reuters)

While on his way to Hanoi, Vietnam, at the tail end of a 12-day trip across Asia, President Trump spoke with reporters aboard Air Force One after refusing to do press conferences with world leaders. He recapped the reception the Chinese gave him and appeared to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denial about election meddling. Here’s his conversation with reporters, annotated with Genius.com. Click on the highlighted text to read the annotations.  Continue reading “‘He means it’: Trump appears to take Putin’s denial about election meddling at face value”