President blasts fake news media for distorting his comments on summit
U. S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed forces within the United States on Thursday for marring what they called the success of their first summit, with Trump saying he looked forward to their second meeting.
Trump, who has struggled to quiet an uproar over his failure to confront Putin over Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U. S. election at Monday’s summit in Helsinki, fell back on one of his favorite targets, the news media.
The Republican president accused the media of distorting comments in which he gave credence to Putin’s denials of election interference despite the conclusions of the American intelligence community about Moscow’s conduct.
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