Analysis: Trump’s latest punt on confronting Putin about 2016 is a big one
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 3 at 3:32 PM President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly discussed the Mueller report in an hour-long phone call on Friday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said later in the day. But she suddenly clammed up when asked whether they had discussed the thing that launched the whole Mueller probe: Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
In October, Trump submitted to an interview with “60 Minutes.” Interviewer Lesley Stahl brought up Russian interference, and Trump immediately reverted to his other-countries-do-it-too strategy. He even said China was “a bigger problem”:TRUMP: They -- they meddled. But I think China meddled too.TRUMP: And you wanna know something?STAHL: -- the Russians meddled?TRUMP: -- is a bigger problem.STAHL: You are, you are.
Aside from these comments, Trump has rarely been asked to account for actual Russian interference. The few times he has, this is what he’s produced: Downplay it and even cast doubt upon the effort.
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