Trump Says Russia No Longer Targeting U.S

U.S President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Russia is no longer targeting the United States and that no other president has ever been tough on Kremlin as he have been.

Speaking after a cabinet meeting in the White House, a reporter asked if Russia was still targeting the United States, Trump shook his head and said, “No.”

Trump’s latest comment contradicts his director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, who rebutted the President’s dismissive comments about U.S. intelligence on Monday.

“We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy,” Coats had said.

But Trump went further to say he has been tougher on Russia than any other U.S President.

“We’re doing very well, probably as well as anybody has ever done with Russia. There’s been no president ever as tough as I have been on Russia,” Trump said.

“I think President (Vladimir) Putin knows that better than anybody, certainly a lot better than the media. He understands it and he’s not happy about it and he shouldn’t be happy about it because there’s never been a President as tough on Russia as I have been.”

Coats told a congressional committee in February that he already had seen evidence Russia was targeting U.S. elections in November.