INTERVIEW – CHRISTOPHER BEDFORD – Editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller News Foundation and author of “The Art Of The Donald” @CBedfordDC

>> Thoughts on Trump’s walkback of comments at Putin summit

>> Trump clarifies Russia comments: Trump yesterday backed off his remarks a day earlier undermining U.S. intelligence agencies, saying he had simply misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. His defense of Russian President Vladimir Putin had been met with bipartisan condemnation.

– President Trump says he misspoke and accepts the U.S. intelligence community’s findings about Russia meddling in the 2016 elections as he tried to extinguish the bipartisan firestorm over his news conference with Vladimir Putin.

– Trump said that he misspoke when he seemed to dismiss allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, stating clearly that he accepts the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions as he sought to quell a bipartisan firestorm over his press conference with Vladimir Putin … “I accept our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election took place,” Trump said, adding: “It could be other people also.” The president suggested he was surprised by the negative reaction when he returned to Washington.