Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves laced into President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE on Monday for apparently waving off the warnings of his own intelligence community that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, saying that he "would have been impeached in a day" if he had done the same.

Ilves comments, made in a tweet, came shortly after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Finnish capital of Helsinki for a highly anticipated summit. In a joint press conference with Putin after the meeting, Trump said that he didn't "see any reason" that Moscow would interfere in a U.S. election.

"OK, believe Putin over your own DNI and the whole intelligence community of leading experts in the world on cyber," Ilves tweeted. "Had I done that I would have been impeached in a day."

OK, believe Putin over your own DNI and the whole intelligence community of leading experts in the world on cyber. Had I done that I would have been impeached in a day. https://t.co/SfwxDPb473 — toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) July 16, 2018

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Trump has repeatedly questioned the U.S. intelligence community's determination that Moscow sought to disrupt and sway the 2016 presidential election, as well as the special counsel investigation into the matter.

But his comments at the news conference on Monday were particularly unusual, having come just three days after prosecutors indicted 12 Russian officials on charges of hacking Democratic servers during the 2016 campaign.

Trump said that he raised the issue of election meddling with Putin during their meeting, but later cast doubt on the determination, saying that he saw no reason for Russia to interfere.

"My people came to me, [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats Daniel (Dan) Ray CoatsFBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Trump, Biden renew push for Latino support Former Intel chief had 'deep suspicions' that Putin 'had something on Trump': book MORE came to me and some others," Trump said. "They said they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin – he just said it’s not Russia. I will say this, I don’t see any reason why it would be."