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Trump under Fire over Poll Meddling Comments

Trump under Fire over Poll Meddling Comments
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US President Donald Trump is under fire in the United States after a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he tried to “get along with” Moscow.

"I've seen Russian intelligence manipulate many people over my professional career and I never would have thought that the US President would become one of the ones getting played by old KGB hands," said Texas Republican representative Will Hurd on Monday, joining a large number of Democrats, Republicans and the intelligence community members criticizing Trump.

He was reacting to the two leaders’ dismissal of collusion as well as Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election, which made the Russia-friendly billionaire the president.

Upon leaving the Finnish capital Helsinki, Trump reacted to the backlash and defended his stance.

“As I said today and many times before, I have GREAT confidence in MY intelligence people. However, I also recognize that in order to build a brighter future, we cannot exclusively focus on the past – as the world’s two largest nuclear powers, we must get along,” he tweeted from Air Force One.

The Texas GOP lawmaker also went further questioning the president’s America First claims.

"There is nothing about agreeing with a thug like Putin that puts America First," Hurd said in a tweet.

He further assured US allies that Washington’s stance will remain anti-Russia.

"To all our allies: there are still many of us in Congress that know Russia is not just an adversary to the United States but to freedom loving people everywhere," said the former CIA officer and a lawmaker on the House Intelligence Committee. "The President is wrong… Russia interfered in the 2016 election and seeks to undermine our democracy."

The so-called Russia probe seeks to find out whether the Russian government coordinated with Trump’s aides after the intelligence community’s conclusion that the Kremlin helped with Trump’s campaign effort ahead of winning the White House.

While Trump described special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, a "disaster for our country," he was himself blamed for why it has been prolonged.

Since Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, the US intelligence community has insisted that Moscow played a role in the election.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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