White House: Trump didn't mean to say Russia no longer targeting US

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WASHINGTON — White House officials denied that President Donald Trump expressed his disagreement Wednesday with U.S. intelligence officials who have said that the threat from Russia is ongoing.

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"Thank you very much. No," Trump said after a reporter asked during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday if Russia was still targeting the U.S. The comment came one day after he corrected a separate statement in which he said he couldn't see why Russia would have meddled in the election despite the consensus of American intelligence officials.