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Today, Explained

Vladimir's best day ever

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Vladimir Putin flatly denied Russian interference in the United States’s 2016 elections and President Trump refused to call him out. Former ambassador Nicholas Burns says it’s a sad day for America. Then Vox’s Andrew Prokop digs into the fresh indictments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:08.4

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0:21.1

Today's negotiations reflected our joint wish, our joint wish with President Trump to redress

0:28.4

this negative situation in the bilateral relationship. Outline the first steps for improvement

0:33.9

this relationship to restore the acceptable level of trust and going back to the previous

0:40.7

level of interaction on all mutual interest issues.

0:44.6

President Vladimir Putin met President Trump for a summit in Helsinki today.

0:48.7

And we've all seen that kind of thing before, but what followed the Trump Putin summit was

0:52.7

something totally new, something we haven't ever seen before.

0:59.5

President Putin and President Trump held a press conference and things got real quick.

1:05.9

Mr. President, you tweeted this morning that it's US foolishness, stupidity,

1:11.2

and the Mueller probe that is responsible for the decline in US relations with Russia.

1:16.1

Do you hold Russia at all accountable for anything in particular?

1:20.4

And if so, what would you consider them that they are responsible for?

1:24.5

Yes, I do. I hold both countries responsible.

1:28.0

I think that the United States has been foolish. I think we've all been foolish. We should have

1:32.9

had this dialogue a long time ago, a long time, frankly, before I got to office.

1:38.5

And I think we're all to blame.

1:40.8

The President of the United States blamed the United States, blamed the Mueller investigation

1:46.1

and the Department of Justice for our fractured relationship with Russia.

1:50.8

In front of the Russian President, in front of the world.

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