Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerCruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Senate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Schumer interrupted during live briefing by heckler: 'Stop lying to the people' MORE (D-N.Y.) blasted 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’s attempt to clarify his Helsinki comments, adding that he was already “walking back the walk back.”

“President Trump’s walk back performance was pathetic," Schumer said. "It was weak, insecure and thoroughly unconvincing. The president read a scripted clarification yesterday like he was in a hostage situation. All you had to do was look at his face.”

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On Tuesday

, Trump said he had “full faith in our intelligence agencies” and that Russia was responsible for election meddling in the United States in 2016. But he then added: “Could be other people also. There's a lot of people out there.”

Trump touted his Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying in a series of tweets Wednesday that they discussed “many important subjects,” and that the summit could be an “even greater success” than last week's NATO summit.

Schumer pointed to Trump’s tweets saying they “were walking back the walk back.”

“It’s clear from today’s tweets that he doesn’t mean it, that he doesn’t believe it and frankly neither does anybody else,” he said, referring to Trump’s comments that he supports the intelligence community’s findings.

Trump sparked a political firestorm on Monday when he refused to denounce Russia’s election meddling during a joint press conference with Putin following a one-on-one meeting in Helsinki.

When asked by reporters Wednesday if Russia still poses a threat to the U.S., Trump said "no."

Schumer, in a tweet, quipped: “Mr. President. Walk this back too.”