President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning continued trying to portray his widely panned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a success amid a bipartisan backlash.

Despite many reviews to the contrary, the commander in chief described a rocky NATO summit last week that was dominated by him lashing out at America’s foes as “an acknowledged triumph.”

For the second consecutive day, Trump contended that his Finland summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin “may prove to be, in the long run, an even greater success.”

While the NATO meeting in Brussels was an acknowledged triumph, with billions of dollars more being put up by member countries at a faster pace, the meeting with Russia may prove to be, in the long run, an even greater success. Many positive things will come out of that meeting.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2018

Russian state-run media outlets have reported Putin’s government is preparing to implement agreements that were made with Trump during a private meeting with Putin in Helsinki. U.S. lawmakers were alarmed Tuesday by such reports, immediately calling for Trump administration officials to come to Capitol Hill later this month to testify in public about just what happened in Finland and to describe any pacts that were struck.