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White House says Trump was answering different question when he said Russia wasn’t targeting US
When he appeared to claim that Russia was no longer a threat to US, Donald Trump was actually saying that he would not field the question asked, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders insists.
At the end of a press briefing on Wednesday, Trump was asked “Is Russia still targeting the US?” to which Trump said “Thank you very much, no.” As the press was being shepherded out, he listened in to several more queries, also dismissing them with a curt “Thank you very much everybody.”
During her briefing just hours after the incident Sanders strove to clarify the typically confusing sequence.
“He was saying ‘no’ to answering questions,” she explained. “He does believe that they [Russia] would target US elections again. That’s why we are taking steps to ensure this does not happen.”
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