Republican strategist Rick Wilson mocked President Donald Trump for passing along Kremlin propaganda shortly before his summit was announced with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The president once again vouched for Putin’s denial of election interference, which U.S. intelligence and law enforcement widely agree Russia engaged in to assist Trump over longtime Putin rival Hillary Clinton, and then lashed out against special counsel Robert Mueller.

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Trump's manic tweets about Russia/FBI are always a great tell. Sure you think he would surf the Supreme Court wave, but in the end Russia is always looming, Mueller is always out there and Trump's own self destructive instincts never stop. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 28, 2018

The tweets came just ahead of the Kremlin announcement that Trump would meet one-on-one with Putin July 16 in Helsinki, after taking part in the annual NATO conference and visiting Britain.

So I know you're ready for your quarterly review in Helsinki when you're sucking up to the bosses at the home office. https://t.co/vQE3cnoKvM — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 28, 2018

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Wilson said the president’s tweets were intended to confuse and roil his base as the Mueller probe draws closer to the White House.

I know it makes no difference to Trump's base, and they believe that the intelligence community is a malicious conspiracy against the Donald, but every American intel agency agrees that Russia meddled in the elections. I just feel it's necessary to say that for the 5000th time. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 28, 2018