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Donald Trump Just Contradicted His Intelligence Director On Russia Again, and People Are Waiting for the Walkback

Donald Trump Just Contradicted His Intelligence Director On Russia Again, and People Are Waiting for the Walkback
President Donald Trump answers questions for reporters in the White House cabinet room. (CNN/YouTube)

No one thinks that's true.

President Donald Trump stated Tuesday afternoon that he has "a full faith in our intelligence agencies." But less than 24 hours later, Trump contradicted his own national security advisers again in front of cameras by claiming Russia was no longer targeting the United States.

On Monday, Dan Coats, Trump's hand-picked Director of National Intelligence, stated,


We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy."

But Wednesday, in response to the question, "Is Russia still targeting the U.S., Mr. President?" Trump thanked the reporter then said, "No" while looking directly at her. A staffer can be heard in the background trying to get the press to leave the room quickly.

Watch the video here.

In addition to Intelligence Director Coats statements on Monday, on Friday —before the President held a private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin— Trump's National Intelligence head stated,

The warning signs are there. The system is blinking. It is why I believe we are at a critical point. Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.”

Coats characterized Russia as the “most aggressive foreign actor, no question. They continue their efforts to undermine our democracy.”

But the President apparently still disagrees with his own country's intelligence agencies in favor of the word of a foreign dictator. After the meeting with Putin, Trump discredited his own nation's security forces because the Russian President's denials of any interference were "powerful."

Wednesday, when asked to clarify his further denial of continued Russian meddling, Trump claimed no President had ever been tougher on Russia than him.

"We're doing very well, and let me tell you, we are doing very well and we are doing very well, probably as well as anybody has ever done with Russia," Trump began.

And there's been no president ever as tough as I have been on Russia. All you have to do is look at the numbers. Look at what we've done."

"Look at sanctions. Look at ambassadors not there. Look at, unfortunately, at what happened in Syria recently."

And I think President Putin knows that better than anybody, certainly a lot better than the media. He understands it and he's not happy about it and he shouldn't be happy about it because there's never been a President as tough on Russia as I have been."

Just the day before this latest denial of Russian involvement in cyber attacks against the United States and attempts to interfere in national politics, the President did damage control for similar statements he made on Twitter and in Helsinki during a highly criticized press conference with Putin.

And people were quick to pick up on the contradiction between what the President said during his  walkback Tuesday, where he read from a prepared statement, versus his candid off the cuff answer on Wednesday.

And some are calling out Trump's claim of no President being harder on Russia than he is.

It remains to be seen if another written walkback for Wednesday's Trump statement regarding Russia will be read by the President Thursday.

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