Trump Jokingly Tells Putin “Don’t Meddle In The Election”

It almost seemed like an inside joke.  When reporters at the G-20 summit in Osaka asked if Donald Trump would tell Russian President Putin not to meddle in the 2020 election, Trump turned to Putin and with a smirk that almost said “I have to say this but wink wink.”  Watch the full exchange above.

Then Trump turned to “fake news,” saying to Putin of journalists, “you don’t have this problem but we do.”

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