1. “I have full faith in our intelligence agencies.”

That was President Trump, making an abrupt about-face after coming under bitter, widespread criticism for his embrace of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

Mr. Trump said that he “accepts” the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election and would fight any such interference in November’s midterms. But he left many other aspects of his comments with Mr. Putin unchanged.