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Trump says discussed Middle East with Putin, made progress on conflicts Trump says discussed Middle East with Putin, made progress on conflicts
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US President Donald Trump has said that he discussed the Middle East conflicts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and said he hoped that at some point Iran would call him and say “let’s make a deal”.US President Donald Trump has said that he discussed the Middle East conflicts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and said he hoped that at some point Iran would call him and say “let’s make a deal”.
Speaking from the White House a day after meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Trump said that US-Russia relations have never been in a worse place, but that relations had “gotten substantially better” and could improve more in the future. Speaking from the White House a day after meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Trump said that US-Russia relations have never been in a worse place, but that relations had “gotten substantially better” since meeting the Russian leader and could improve more in the future.
Trump also said he accepts the US intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, but said that Russia’s actions had no impact on the election outcome.
He also said that he discussed with Putin the prospect of reducing nuclear weapons worldwide.He also said that he discussed with Putin the prospect of reducing nuclear weapons worldwide.
Trump faced tough criticism from the media and politicians on both sides of the political divide yesterday for appearing to back up Putin’s claim that Russia did not interfere in the election and his latest comments seem to mark an effort to backtrack on that claim. Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said it was ready to work with the US on all areas that Trump and Putin discussed on Monday, in particular on solving the crisis in Syria and working to reduce nuclear weapons arsenals.
But some lawmakers are not happy about Trump’s willingness to work with Russia and what they see as his failure to hold Moscow accountable for alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Some lawmakers suggested passing resolutions in Congress to show support for US intelligence agencies and US allies who have been criticized by Trump in recent weeks.
Trump, however, confirmed on Tuesday that he has “full faith” in US intelligence agencies and said he misspoke in Helsinki when he said he saw no reason why Russia would meddle in the US election.