Donald Trump has backtracked in the most ludicrous way imaginable saying he said the word "would" when he meant "wouldn't", thus changing the entire meaning of his sentence.

The Trump administration was facing widespread condemnation for his comments during a press conference with Vladimir Putin on Monday. During the conference Trump sided with the Russian president in response to the investigation into meddling in the 2016 election, saying, "I don’t see any reason why it would be Russia."

Even Republicans denounced Trump's comments with House Speaker Paul Ryan saying, "The United States must be focused on holding Russia accountable and putting an end to its vile attacks on democracy."

Republican senator for Arizona, John McCain, termed Trumps remarks as, "one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory."

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“I said the word 'would' instead of 'wouldn’t’.”



President @realDonaldTrump says he misspoke at the Helsinki summit and that he has “full faith and support for America's great intelligence agencies” pic.twitter.com/kufKWz4UNa — Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) July 17, 2018

So more than 24 hours after his remarks Trump's team forced him into undoing some of the damage he had made with an utterly laughable excuse.

In a video recording Trump said he "realised there is some need for clarification".



"I said the word 'would' instead of 'wouldn't,'" he clarified. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be Russia.'"

"I think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself."

He interjects the script he has been given to announce his favourite catchphrase, 'THERE WAS NO COLUSION' which you can see he has written over the notes in marker pen . Yes, spelled like that.

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Trump was reading for a typewritten script during his "clarification" moment but he made some handwritten additions, including: "THERE WAS NO COLLUSION" pic.twitter.com/0IfleZm8yJ — Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) July 17, 2018

You can just imagine the quality of the team who rallied around him to come up with this magical get out jail free card which absolves Donny of blame while preventing him from having to upset his BFF Putin.

Sadly, nobody was quite buying his excuse

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"And when I said 'grab them by the pussy' I obviously meant 'I am a fan of Ruth Bader Ginsburg' and other high-achieving women." — Natalia Antonova 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@NataliaAntonova) July 17, 2018

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i can't not believe this is happening — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 17, 2018

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I would say that I completely believe President Trump misspoke and that he has full faith and confidence in the members of our intelligence community and understands that Putin and Russia were fully responsible for intervening in our election.



Sorry. I meant wouldn’t. — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 17, 2018

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Can't see the "wouldn't" for the treason. — Bec Hill (@bechillcomedian) July 17, 2018

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You would think Trump’s days are numbered, wouldn’t you? — Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 18, 2018

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"I misspoke," explained Meatloaf, "I wouldn't do anything for love". — david allen green (@davidallengreen) July 18, 2018

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