[BITList] TRUMP - WHO ELSE ?

[michael J Feltham]

'A slip of the tongue'

 
 	
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There was outrage and incredulity among supporters and critics alike <https://click.ma.mailenvelope.bbc.co.uk/?qs=808b4709a823740c42735ca71d5c2c7043abbcea78783135c1649b7735a2cf9db061f19908f96cf343035527c44ac311f590c4ea08860cf4>when Donald Trump sat alongside Vladimir Putin and said he didn't believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 US election - even though his own intelligence agencies insist it did. Now the president says he misspoke <https://click.ma.mailenvelope.bbc.co.uk/?qs=808b4709a823740cf6397a65050fd2304f4c029890f5fe32b6e4bb1163d10b49cd5ae3ee927880f4d2ef789abdcf53f665fcfec104fb008e> - he meant to say he saw no reason why it was not Russia that meddled. Confused? See if our Trump-Putin toolkit makes things any clearer. <https://click.ma.mailenvelope.bbc.co.uk/?qs=cd3211ef17be95900ea7bbd41a7002792cabc6bff168566c380d788c0ba81e45d66b940468c384fd44485a33949a527b429b59f5997e352b>
 
The president says he meant to utter "a sort of double negative" - a phrase that's raised a few eyebrows. <https://click.ma.mailenvelope.bbc.co.uk/?qs=cd3211ef17be95907444cf3fb0a23c8cffdf32051d5d1ae5310b27b1e6ba16c0afeae38e2e0e6929dd70d283abcb7f980e42d5fb78121174> "Say you meant to say, 'Let them NOT eat cake.' That should do it," joked one commentator.
 
Mr Trump will hope his clarification puts an end to the row, but the damage has already been done, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher, because on the biggest stage, he fumbled. Even if it was a slip of the tongue, our correspondent adds, the president's intended utterance would have been a pretty weak way to confront the head of a nation accused of targeting the heart of American democracy.

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