Trump sought to tamp down outrage over his Monday performance in Helsinki, Finland, when he cast doubt on the US intelligence community's assessment of Russian hacking. Trump insisted that he's agreed "numerous times" that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, and that he misspoke when he said that he had no reason to believe Russia interfered. 

During a Tuesday Q&A, Trump clarified his comments: "In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word would instead of wouldn't," Trump said. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't or why it wouldn't be Russia.'"