Trump throws cold water on forming 'impenetrable Cyber protection unit' with Russia hours after tweeting concerning the opportunity
President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that he will no longer pursue a joint cybersecurity project drive with Russia, throwing bloodless water on speculation that sprung from comments he made on Twitter prior within the day.
"The fact that President Putin and that i mentioned a Cyber security unit doesn't suggest I suppose it will possibly ensue. It can not-but a ceasefire can,& did!" Trump pointed out in a tweet Sunday night.
The tweet seemed to be an try to quell criticism of Trump's tremendously publicized meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After the meeting, conflicting stories emerged over how strongly Trump pressed Putin about Russian interference in the US election and whether Trump authorised Putin's denials of involvement. Trump then raised eyebrows through revealing on Twitter earlier Sunday that they'd mentioned forming an "impenetrable Cyber safety unit so that election hacking, & many different bad issues, might be guarded and protected."
The admission alarmed some politicians, who pointed out it looked as if it would show Trump relied on Putin's word over that of senior US intelligence officials. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida quipped that "partnering with Putin on a 'Cyber security Unit' is equivalent to partnering with Assad on a 'Chemical Weapons Unit,'" regarding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
all over their assembly, Trump and Putin additionally brokered an open-ended stop-fireplace in southern Syria, incomes some compliment. however, consultants have pointed out that the cease-fire is almost unenforceable and that no stop-hearth right through the six-year-historical Syrian battle has lasted longer than six months.
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