Donald Trump backtracks on Russia meddling remark

A woman holds a sign depicting Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump during a protest outside the White House. Pic/AP

President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to limit the damage from his summit with Vladimir Putin, claiming he misspoke in appearing to accept the Russian leader's denial of election meddling, in a rebuke to US intelligence chiefs.

At their meeting in Helsinki on Monday, Trump failed to challenge Putin over the 2016 presidential election, seeming to accept at face value the strongman's denial that Moscow interfered in a bid to undermine Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

But faced with outrage at home, Trump sought to walk back his remarks. He said he accepted the intelligence community's assessment, and offered an explanation of his assertion that he could not see "any reason" why Russia would interfere.

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