It’s breaking now that Trump did speak to Putin about meddling in our election, and Putin of course denied it:
BREAKING – Trump opened Putin mtg w election meddling concerns; Tillerson says he “pressed him on more than on occasion, Putin denied it.”
— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBaldwin) July 7, 2017
BREAKING: Tillerson says Trump pressed Putin on Russian involvement in the election.
Putin denied it.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) July 7, 2017
JUST IN: SoS Tillerson says Pres. Trump "pressed" Putin "on more than one occasion" regarding Russian election interference; Putin denied it pic.twitter.com/S2RMIY0riz
— ABC News (@ABC) July 7, 2017
SoS Tillerson: Pres. Trump, Putin had "robust and lengthy" exchange on Russian election interference during which Putin denied involvement. pic.twitter.com/cH5PJmUD29
— ABC News (@ABC) July 7, 2017
MORE: Tillerson says US-Russian positions on election meddling are "intractable," Trump and Putin focused on how to "move forward."
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) July 7, 2017
Did anyone ever doubt that he’d bring this up? Yes, I’m pretty sure the media did.
I’d love to know exactly what was said…I guess we’ll have to wait for a leak!
Tillerson added this:
"The two leaders connected very quickly," Tillerson says, depicting "very clear positive chemistry" between Putin and Trump.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) July 7, 2017
Something tells me them getting along will surprise exactly no one.
Meanwhile, the media is still obsessing over how long Putin and Trump met with each other:
"I had a very lengthy conversation with the @POTUS, there were a lot of issues such as Ukraine, Syria…" — Putin (meeting went 2hr 16mins)
— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBaldwin) July 7, 2017
I think what really took them so long is they were planning…dun dun dun…WORLD DOMINATION!
Of course I’m kidding. But I’m sure someone out there thinks this is what was going on…
UPDATE:
Russia is telling a different story, of course:
BREAKING: Russian foreign minister says Trump accepted Putin's assurances that Russia didn't meddle in the U.S. election.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 7, 2017
UPDATE 2:
Russia wants proof!
BREAKING: Tillerson says after Trump-Putin meeting that Russia has asked for proof of involvement in election interference.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 7, 2017
UPDATE 3:
Trump official disputes Lavrov:
NEW: Admin official disputes FM Lavrov's assertion that Trump accepted Putin's assurances that Russia didn't meddle in US election.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) July 7, 2017