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U-S President Donald Trump sparks outrage back home after meeting Putin

Donald Turmp receives a soccer ball from Vladimir Putin

President Donald Trump has played ball with Russian denials of meddling in the 2016 US elections. Source: AAP

Donald Trump has refused to publicly endorse the evidence of his own intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016 United States election campaign.


Speaking after the Finland summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the United States President denied any collusion with the Russians during the presidential election campaign, despite the talks taking place only days after the US Justice Department indicted 12 Russian military spies for hacking the Democrats.


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