24 hours later, Trump claims he misspoke in Helsinki, meant to say Russia did have reason to meddle in election

The president also said he backed the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that Moscow interfered in his 2016 race against Hillary Clinton.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna892166?__twitter_impression=true



That's one hell of a backpeddle. It's also utter bullshit.