Putin: 'Political Schizophrenia' Gripping US

Defends Trump, says he'll hand over transcript of the White House meeting
By Arden Dier,  Newser Staff
Posted May 17, 2017 7:56 AM CDT
Putin: Trump Did Nothing Wrong, I've Got the Transcript
Vladimir Putin appears at a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Sochi, Russia.   (Yuri Kadobnov/ Pool photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin says President Trump did not reveal classified information during his White House meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and that a transcript can prove it, reports the Hill. The Russian president said Wednesday that he would be willing to provide the transcript of the meeting to Congress "if the US administration finds it appropriate," reports CNN. He then referred to the scandal as "political schizophrenia" and accused unnamed US politicians of being "stupid" or "dangerous" with "anti-Russian sentiment" and of "causing the damage to their own country," per the AP. (More President Trump stories.)

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