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Trump says Putin DENIED meddling in the 2016 election

• The presidents held private talks on sidelines of economic summit in Vietnam
• Trump asked Putin if he meddled in the US election and Russian leader denied it 
• US leader said: 'He said he didn't meddle. You can only ask so many times'

By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com In Da Nang, Vietnam

Published: 06:02 EST, 11 November 2017 | Updated: 06:22 EST, 11 November 2017

Donald Trump said Saturday that during a brief conversation with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of an economic summit, the Russian president flatly denied meddling in the 2016 election that brought Trump to the White House.

'He said he didn't meddle. He said he didn't meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times,' Trump said. 'I just asked him again.'

'He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they are saying he did.'

President Donald Trump asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday whether he meddled in the 2016 American presidential election, he said, and Putin flatly denied it

'I didn't meddle': Trump said that Putin insisted he did not interfere in the US election. The pair are pictured at a summit in Danang

Trump called questions about his campaign's alleged collusion with Moscow a 'Democratic hit-job' that 'gets in the way' of international diplomacy and serves as a 'artificial barrier' to cooperation 'put into place by the Democrats.' 

He said 'people will die because of that' as tense U.S.-Russia relations make it more difficult to cajole Putin into helping derail North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions. 

'I call it this artificial Democrat barrier that gets in the way,' he said.

The presidents had 'two or three very short conversations' during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, he told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Hanoi. 

Trump hinted that he thinks Putin was being sincere when he 'very strongly' denied the accusation.

'Every time he sees me he says, "I didn't do that," and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it,' the president said.

'All he said is, he never did that, he didn't do that. I think he's very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country.'

Trump called questions about his campaign's alleged collusion with Moscow a 'Democratic hit-job'

'I can't stand there and argue with him,' Trump said. 'I would rather have him get out of Syria, I would rather get to work with him on the Ukraine rather than arguing about whether or not – that whole thing was set up by the Democrats.' 

The president said continually pressing Putin on the question of election interference – a concept he called 'a Democratic-inspired thing' – is harming U.S.-Russia relations at a time when Moscow's help is needed to de-fang Kim Jong-un.

'If we had a relationship with Russia – North Korea, which is our single biggest problem right now, North Korea – it would be helped a lot,' he said.

'President Putin could be tremendously helpful with North Korea,' Trump added. 

Trump said the North Korea nuclear crisis affects 'millions and millions of lives. This isn't baby stuff. This is the real deal. And if Russia helped us in addition to China, that problem would go away a lot faster.'

(Front L-R) China's President Xi Jinping, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, (back L-R) Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald J. Trump

Ultimately, he insisted that 'there was no collusion' between his aides and Russians during the presidential campaign. 'Everybody knows there was no collusion.'

It's not the first time Trump has asked Putin point-blank whether he plotted to interfere with the U.S. election.

In July on the way to Paris for a Bastille Day visit with French President Emmanuel Macron, he recounted a similar meeting with Putin just days earlier during the G20 meetings in Hamburg, Germany.

'I said to him, "Were you involved with the meddling in the election?" He said, "Absolutely not. I was not involved",' Trump recalled then. 'He was very strong on it.'

'I then said to him again, in a totally different way, "Were you involved with the meddling?" He said, "I was not – absolutely not".'

Trump said at the time that if Russia was involved, they would also be adept at covering their tracks.

'But we can't let that happen,' he added then. 'And I mean, whether it's Russia or anybody else, we can't let there be even a scintilla of doubt when it comes to an election.'

'And I'm not saying it wasn't Russia,' Trump continued. 'What I'm saying is that we have to protect ourselves no matter who it is. You know, China is very good at this. I hate to say it, North Korea is very good at this.'

This is not the first time Trump has asked Putin (both pictured) point-blank whether he plotted to interfere with the U.S. election

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