“As far as hacking, I think it was Russia, but I think we also get hacked by other countries and other people.” “Russia is a ruse. I have nothing to do with Russia. Haven’t made a phone call to Russia in years. Don’t speak to people from Russia. Not that I wouldn’t. I just have nobody to speak to.” “Well, I think it was Russia, and I think it could have been other people in other countries.” “President Putin really feels, and he feels strongly, that he did not meddle in our election. I’m with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with their leadership.” “The Russians had no impact on our votes whatsoever. But certainly there was meddling and probably there was meddling from other countries and maybe other individuals.” “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.” “The sentence should have been, ‘I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be Russia.’ Sort of a double negative. So you could put that in and I think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself.” “Thank you all very much. Appreciate it. Thank you.” “Is Russia still targeting the U.S., Mr. President?” “Thank you very much. No.” “No, you don’t believe that to be the case?” “No.” “The president said, ‘Thank you very much’ and was saying no to answering questions.” “I let him know we can’t have this. We’re not going to have it. And that’s the way it’s going to be.”