Russia could have interfered in election, Donald Trump says ahead of meeting with Vladimir Putin

Warsaw: US president Donald Trump on Thursday conceded that Russia may have interfered in the 2016 election that brought him to power but said other countries may also have been involved. [caption id=“attachment_3782695” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] US president Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda after arriving at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. AP[/caption] “I’ve said it very simply. I think it could very well have been Russia. I think it could well have been other countries. I won’t be specific. But I think a lot of people interfere,” Trump said during a visit to Warsaw . “Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure,” he said, challenging US intelligence agencies which suspect Russian president Vladimir Putin orchestrated a sweeping campaign to tilt the November vote in Trump’s favour. “I remember when I was sitting back listening about Iraq. Weapons of mass destruction. How everybody was 100 percent sure that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Guess what — that led to one big mess,” Trump said of intelligence claims that prompted the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. He also lashed out at his predecessor Barack Obama over the vote meddling allegations, saying: “My big question is why did Obama do nothing about it from August until November? It wasn’t because he choked.” Trump’s comments came on the eve of a G20 summit in Germany where he is due to meet Putin.