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Donald Trump tweets he’ll work with Russia on cybersecurity, then attacks Democrats and Obama

Marco Rubio had a blistering response.

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When Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit last week, the U.S. president reportedly accepted Putin’s denial that Russia was involved in meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The Russian president even said at his press conference Saturday that Trump had agreed with him.

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On Sunday morning, Trump responded by saying he was looking forward to working with Russia on global cybersecurity.

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Trump said last week he believed Russia had interfered in the presidential election, but he also claimed “Well, I think it was Russia, and I think it could have been other people and other countries. Could have been a lot of people interfered.”

At least one person on Twitter said Trump’s desire to work with Russia on cybersecurity was like the FBI wanting to form a joint taskforce with the Mafia.

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Considering the Washington Post reported on Saturday night that Russia’s government has hacked into U.S. nuclear power and other energy companies, Trump’s enthusiasm at working with Putin is an interesting position to take.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)—the former presidential candidate who’s been an occasional critic of Trump—put it another way.

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This was how the New York Times characterized the meeting between Trump and Putin and what kind of discussion they had about Russia’s hacking.

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Trump, unlike most other world leaders at the G20 Summit, did not participate in a press conference, but he did save plenty of vitriol for Democrats on his Twitter account on Sunday morning.

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Trump is still under several federal investigations to determine if his campaign colluded with Russia to sway the presidential election.

 
The Daily Dot