Trump: We will try to block Russian interference in 2018 elections

I appreciate the fact that Trump is now acknowledging this problem. I can't imaging he will ever be able to accept that the interference helped him win, it would be too threatening to him, but none of us is perfect. And it is counterproductive to criticize people when they take positive steps. It will be interesting to see how Trump acts on this matter in the future.

I wonder if the poisoning in London of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, presumably by the Russians, brought home to him the nature of the Russian leadership, and what they are willing to do.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/06/trump-we-try-block-russian-interference-2018-elections/401149002/

David Jackson, USA TODAY Published 5:57 p.m. ET March 6, 2018 | Updated 7:10 p.m. ET March 6, 2018

President Trump claimed Tuesday his administration will work to stop Russian meddling in future elections, and suggested the possibility of paper ballots as a backup for electronic voting.

"I think you have to be really watching very closely — you don't want your system of votes to be compromised in any way," Trump said during a joint news conference with the Swedish prime minister. "We won’t allow that to happen."

While critics have said the administration has not done nearly enough to confront the Russian threat, Trump said that "we are doing a deep study and coming out with some very strong suggestions on the ‘18 election" in November.

Trump has previously disputed troves of evidence that Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election. On Tuesday, he acknowledged the Russian meddling and said others may have been involved as well, but they had no influence on the outcome.

"Russians had no impact on our votes whatsoever," Trump said. "But certainly there was meddling and probably there was meddling from other countries and maybe other individuals."

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